The United States’ mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has criticized Russia’s recent national elections as taking place under conditions “not conducive to free or fair” voting and called Moscow’s claims of outside interference as “baseless allegations” to distract from a flawed process.
RFE/RL: OSCE mission decries ‘repressive’ conditions for Russian elections

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during the second day of the three-day parliamentary and local elections in Moscow on Sept. 18, 2021.