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RussiaBriefRussians will be heading to the polls for parliamentary elections this weekend, and perhaps unsurprisingly Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is leading as the war in Ukraine continues.
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So is there still a political pulse in a nation where Putin rules supreme and parties that oppose the war are banned?
Voters will go to the polls over three days to elect a new State Duma in the first parliamentary elections since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.
The only anti-war party has been banned, while candidates deemed to have "undesirable" opinions have been disqualified or jailed.
This is a rare journey through Moscow, where we discover what campaigning looks like in an election where everyone already knows who the winner will be.
Producer: Millicent Teasdale
Editor: Kristy Jane Breetzke
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0:00 - Inside Moscow
1:30 - Political debate without Putin's party
3:17 - Winning over older voters
4:58 - Using music to stay out of war
7:00 - Why do young Russians stay engaged?
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BabushkaStoriesRussia is a vast and cold country somewhere in the north. What do you know about it? Vodka, bears and Putin? Well there’s definitely more!
Did you hear about zombie voters and helicopter golf? No? Then you probably heard of the pickled leader in the heart of Moscow and the mysterious Old New Year. Not again? It’s time to check out our new video on the craziest facts about Russia!
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0:00 What do you know about Russia?
0:23 Putin’s zombie voters
0:38 Tetris came from the USSR
1:01 Russians hang rugs on their walls
1:25 The longest railroad in the world
1:53 Just 50 miles separate Russia from the US
2:08 Radioactive lake that can kill you
2:23 Helicopter golf
2:37 Russians pickle everything including former leaders!
2:51 Why is Red Square red?
3:04 Saint Petersburg has three times as many bridges as Venice
3:12 Russian Old New Year
3:33 The Lungs of Europe - what are they?
3:43 Facial hair tax by Peter the Great
4:01 Cats hired in 1745 are guarding the greatest Russian museum from rodents
4:21 Bonus! Was copper for the Statue of Liberty produced in Russia?
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The video presents subjective opinion of the editorial office and has no intend to offend or insult anyone.
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Romanian authorities took former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu into custody on Tuesday after a Bucharest Court of Appeals ordered his detention for 30 days pending a criminal investigation for fraud.
Prosecutors allege that Georgescu and two other suspects persuaded a Romanian businessman to hand over €1.1 million by claiming they could help him obtain a credit line of up to €15 million from a foreign financial institution. Georgescu denies wrongdoing.
The appeals court overturned an earlier decision that had placed him under judicial control. The ruling is final.
Hundreds of Georgescu supporters gathered outside the courthouse in Bucharest as he left the building.
Georgescu was the frontrunner in Romania's cancelled 2024 presidential election. The vote was annulled amid allegations of Russian interference, which Moscow denied. A re-run held in May 2025 was won by pro-European centrist President Nicușor Dan.
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