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Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war

NPR 1 min read 1 week ago

Russia's parliamentary election for the first time is being held in Ukraine's regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago.
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