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taz and NOS call it a 'sham election', Welt a 'record result'; the commission's count gives United Russia 355 of 450 seats

Russia's election commission says United Russia won 57.83% of the vote in the Duma election. Two outlets call the vote a sham in their headlines. One calls it a record. The EU's foreign-policy chief, Kaja Kallas, condemned voting in occupied Ukraine, according to Digi24.

Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland: Wladimir Putin sichert sich Durchmarsch
Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland: Wladimir Putin sichert sich Durchmarsch as published by taz · seen at taz
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The count. NOS says the central election commission put United Russia on 57.83% with 95% of votes counted. That would give it 355 of the 450 seats. The commission gave turnout as just over 56%. taz also carries the commission's figure of 355 seats. No outlet we hold checked the count independently.

The word for it. The outlets split on what to call the vote:

Outlet Headline word Whose result
taz "Scheinwahlen" (sham elections) "laut Staatsangaben" (according to the state)
taz, second report "Wahlkommission verkündet" (commission announces) the commission
NOS "schijnverkiezingen" (sham elections) the commission, figure by figure
Der Standard "gewählt", in quotation marks two-thirds majority, no source given
Welt "Rekordergebnis" (record result) no source given

Who got in. taz says three more parties cleared the 5% threshold. Der Standard says four parties sit in parliament. NOS names three, and says a fifth, Just Russia, may still get in.

The EU. Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, spoke of a "eroziune democratică" (democratic erosion), Digi24 reports. She accused the Kremlin of stepping up repression of the opposition.

What is not settled - Whether the count is accurate. NOS says independent monitoring of voting and counting no longer exists in Russia. - Whether four or five parties enter the Duma. - The final figures. The commission's numbers are provisional. - Who kept anti-war parties such as Yabloko off the ballot. Only NOS reports the exclusion, and it names no one.

This story is about Russia's parliamentary election, and how European outlets chose to describe its result.

How it got here. The State Duma is the lower house of Russia's parliament. It has 450 seats and is elected every five years. It passes laws and approves the president's choice of prime minister. Vladimir Putin has led Russia as president or prime minister since 1999. United Russia, founded in 2001, is the party that backs his government. It has held a majority in the Duma for most of that time.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. It launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In September 2022 it declared four more Ukrainian regions part of Russia. Almost every other country rejects that claim, including all EU member states. NOS reports that this was the first Duma election since the full-scale invasion. Voting ran from Friday to Sunday, 18 to 20 September, according to Digi24.

The actors. The central election commission runs the vote and announces the results. United Russia is the governing party. The other parties in the count are the Communist Party, the LDPR, New People and Just Russia. The outlets we hold describe all of them as loyal to the Kremlin. The European Union is involved as Ukraine's backer and as the source of sanctions on Russia. Kaja Kallas, a former prime minister of Estonia, has been its High Representative for Foreign Affairs since December 2024.

What is at stake. Changing Russia's constitution takes a two-thirds majority in the Duma. 355 of 450 seats is more than that. Holding a vote in occupied Ukrainian land treats that land as Russian. That is why the EU condemned it.

Where it stands. The commission has published provisional results. NOS says United Russia won just under half the vote five years ago. Whether Just Russia clears the threshold is still open.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether to call the vote a sham election, a record result or simply a result the commission announced
  • Whose figures they are: 57.83% and 355 of 450 seats come from the election commission
  • Whether four or five parties enter the Duma
  • The EU's condemnation of voting in occupied Ukraine
Sham, record or announced: five headlines, one voteSide by side
OutletWhat the headline calls itWhose figuresParties in the Duma
taz"Scheinwahlen" — sham elections"laut Staatsangaben" — the state'sfour: United Russia plus three
taz (second report)"Wahlkommission verkündet Sieg" — commission announces victorythe election commissionnot given
NOS"schijnverkiezingen" — sham electionsthe election commissionfour, a fifth uncertain
Der StandardRussia "voted", in quotation marksno source givenfour
Welt"Rekordergebnis" — record resultno source givennot given
Headline wording as published, with our translation. Welt's report is held as its opening lines only.
Sources t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland: Wladimir Putin sichert sich Durchmarsch Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Wahl in Russland: Wahlkommission verkündet Sieg der Regierungspartei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → NOS
Centre estimate · not a score
NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service Aan Poetin gelieerde partij wint schijnverkiezingen in Rusland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NOS → What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Russland hat "gewählt", massive Wahlmanipulationen stehen im Raum Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Trotz Krieg und Tankkrise – Warum Putin jetzt mit einem Rekordergebnis regieren kann Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Party shares as announced by the election commissionChart
Provisional, with 95% of votes counted, as reported by NOS. No independent count exists. Just Russia's share was not given.
Sources NOS
Centre estimate · not a score
NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service Aan Poetin gelieerde partij wint schijnverkiezingen in Rusland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NOS → What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Whose count, and whose word for the vote

Three of six reports attribute the result to the election commission or the state. Two state it flat. Two call the vote a sham in their own voice, and one puts 'voted' in scare quotes.

3 reports attributing the result to the commission or the state 2 reports stating the result without a source 2 reports calling it a sham in their own voice 6 reports in the set
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland: Wladimir Putin sichert sich Durchmarsch Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Wahl in Russland: Wahlkommission verkündet Sieg der Regierungspartei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Trotz Krieg und Tankkrise – Warum Putin jetzt mit einem Rekordergebnis regieren kann Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → NOS
Centre estimate · not a score
NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service Aan Poetin gelieerde partij wint schijnverkiezingen in Rusland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NOS → What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Russland hat "gewählt", massive Wahlmanipulationen stehen im Raum Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Digi24
Centre estimate · not a score
Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent Kaja Kallas susține că alegerile din Rusia evidențiază creșterea autoritarismului: „Eroziunea democrației este tot mai gravă” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Digi24 → What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5389 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Russia's central election commission announced that United Russia won 355 of the 450 Duma seats.
taz and NOS both report the commission's announcement of 355 of 450 seats, and NOS gives 57.83% with 95% of votes counted. This settles what the commission announced, not whether the count is accurate.
Checked against 2 sources:
t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Wahl in Russland: Wahlkommission verkündet Sieg der Regierungspartei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → NOS
Centre estimate · not a score
NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service Aan Poetin gelieerde partij wint schijnverkiezingen in Rusland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NOS → What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified This Duma vote was manipulated on a large scale.
taz and NOS call it a sham election, and Der Standard says massive manipulation is being alleged. None gives specific evidence for this vote, and NOS notes that independent monitoring of voting and counting no longer exists in Russia.
Checked against 4 sources:
t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland: Wladimir Putin sichert sich Durchmarsch Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → NOS
Centre estimate · not a score
NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service Aan Poetin gelieerde partij wint schijnverkiezingen in Rusland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NOS → What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Russland hat "gewählt", massive Wahlmanipulationen stehen im Raum Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Trotz Krieg und Tankkrise – Warum Putin jetzt mit einem Rekordergebnis regieren kann Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Anti-war opposition parties such as Yabloko were excluded from the election beforehand.
Only NOS reports the exclusion. Der Standard and taz say every party that entered parliament is loyal to the Kremlin, which fits the claim but does not confirm the exclusion.
Checked against 3 sources:
NOS
Centre estimate · not a score
NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service Aan Poetin gelieerde partij wint schijnverkiezingen in Rusland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NOS → What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Russland hat "gewählt", massive Wahlmanipulationen stehen im Raum Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland: Wladimir Putin sichert sich Durchmarsch Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

B Barbara Oertel taz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed The headline calls it a sham election flat; the body puts the result down to state figures×1
Label in headline The headline calls the vote a sham in its own voice. The body attributes the results to the state.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 20 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
V Vera Bessonova taz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed The headline calls it a sham election flat; the body puts the result down to state figures×1
Label in headline The headline calls the vote a sham in its own voice. The body attributes the results to the state.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 8 reports we hold under this byline, at taz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
P Pavel Lokshin Welt
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Label of leader Names the head of state by a label, 'ruler', not by his office×1
Result stated flat 'Record result' is stated in the report's own voice, with no source for the figure.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 15 reports we hold under this byline, at Welt. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
Ș Ștefania Apostol Digi24
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution the other side's position is attributed to another outlet×1
Framing chosen framed as a battle over money×1
Headline claim headline runs an official's line as its own, speaker unnamed until the body×1
Headline framing budget talks framed as a battle over money×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed4 unverified5 true
From 257 reports we hold under this byline, at Digi24. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland: Wladimir Putin sichert sich Durchmarsch Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
taz calls the vote a sham in its headline but credits the result to state figures, and says all three other parties over the threshold are 'auf Linie' (in line).
Alles nach Plan: Aus den russischen Duma-Wahlen vom 18. bis 20. September, den ersten seit dem Beginn von Russlands vollumfänglichem Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine, ist die Kreml-Partei Einiges Russland erwartungsgemäß als Siegerin hervorgegangen. Angaben der Zentralen Wahlkommission zufolge kommt die Partei nach Auszählung von 95,18 Stimmzetteln auf 57,83 Prozent. Darüber hinaus werden drei weitere Parteien, allesamt auf Kreml-Linie, im Parlament vertreten sein: Die Kommunistische Partei (KPRF) erhielt 13,81, die Liberaldemokratische Partei (LDPR) 8,98 sowie die Partei „Neue Leute“ 7,96 Proz
Label in headline: The headline calls the vote a sham in its own voice. The body attributes the results to the state. — “Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland”
Asserted vs attributed: The headline calls it a sham election flat; the body puts the result down to state figures — “Duma-Scheinwahlen in Russland: Wladimir Putin sichert sich Durchmarsch”
Read it at taz → https://taz.de/Duma-Scheinwahlen-in-Russland/!6215003/
Welt
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Welt 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent Trotz Krieg und Tankkrise – Warum Putin jetzt mit einem Rekordergebnis regieren kann Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Welt → What we have measured Actor named The protests named as the cause of both the arrests and the injuries ×1Actor unnamed The party figure calling for a confidence vote is given only by title. ×1Age band without a share the winner's strength among the youngest voters is claimed with no percentage ×1Asserted flat The 'existential crisis' is stated as fact, not attributed to anyone. ×1 from 7442 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Welt calls it a record result that beat every forecast, and says the vote is a turning point for manipulation in Russia. We hold only its opening lines.
Das Ergebnis für die Kreml-Partei Einiges Russland hat alle Prognosen deutlich übertroffen. Machthaber Putin strotzt vor Selbstbewusstsein. Manipulationen bei den Ergebnissen in Russland sind nicht neu, aber diese Wahl stellt einen Wendepunkt dar.
Result stated flat: 'Record result' is stated in the report's own voice, with no source for the figure. — “Warum Putin jetzt mit einem Rekordergebnis regieren kann”
Label of leader: Names the head of state by a label, 'ruler', not by his office — “Machthaber Putin strotzt vor Selbstbewusstsein.”
Read it at Welt → https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus6ab115394607f89d76e3ce37/duma-w…
NOS
Centre estimate · not a score
NOS 🇳🇱NL · public broadcaster · public-service Aan Poetin gelieerde partij wint schijnverkiezingen in Rusland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at NOS → What we have measured Actor label The backers are labelled politically; the opponents, all other major parties, get no label ×1Actor named Names the Supreme Court as the court that withdrew the warrant. ×1Actor named and attributed Construction workers are named as having damaged a cable by accident, and the report attributes this to the aviation regulator. ×1Actor named, in passive Israeli airstrikes are named as what destroyed the building, but the sentence puts the building first ×1 from 2340 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — public-service
NOS is the only report with the full commission count: 57.83%, turnout above 56%, party shares, over 36,000 invalid votes, and Yabloko's exclusion.
De Poetin-gezinde regeringspartij Verenigd Rusland is zoals verwacht de grootste geworden bij de verkiezingen voor de Doema, het Russische Lagerhuis. De voorlopige officiële uitslag is na drie dagen stemmen bekendgemaakt door de voorzitter van de centrale kiescommissie van het land. Bij voorgaande verkiezingen de voorbije decennia was er sprake van grootschalige fraude, stelden onafhankelijke waarnemers vast. Onafhankelijk toezicht op de stembusgang en het tellen van de stemmen is er in Rusland niet meer. Volgens de kiescommissie staat Verenigd Rusland na het tellen van 95 procent van de stemm
Label in headline: The headline says 'sham election' flat. The body attributes every figure to the commission. — “Aan Poetin gelieerde partij wint schijnverkiezingen in Rusland”
No actor named: Says opposition parties were shut out without naming who shut them out — “waren bij voorbaat uitgesloten van de verkiezingen”
Read it at NOS → https://nos.nl/l/2631903
t taz
Left estimate · not a score
taz 🇩🇪DE · digital · Wahl in Russland: Wahlkommission verkündet Sieg der Regierungspartei Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at taz → What we have measured Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1 from 2718 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
taz's second report makes the commission the one announcing victory, then states the 355-of-450 seat total.
rtr/afp | Die russische Regierungspartei ‌Einiges Russland hat nach offiziellen Angaben die Parlamentswahl klar für sich entschieden. Dies teilte die Zentrale Wahlkommission am Montag nach Auszählung von mehr als 95 Prozent der Stimmen mit. Demnach kam die Partei ‌auf 57,83 Prozent der Stimmen nach 49,8 Prozent bei der vergangenen Wahl zum Unterhaus des Parlaments, der Staatsduma, im Jahr 2021. Kritiker werfen der russischen Führung vor, in dem streng kontrollierten politischen System keine ⁠abweichenden Meinungen zu dulden. Die meisten Kandidaten, die sich gegen den Krieg aussprechen, wurden
Result attributed: The headline makes the election commission the one announcing the result, with no judgement on the vote. — “Wahlkommission verkündet Sieg der Regierungspartei”
Asserted vs attributed: The seat total is stated flat after the headline credits the commission — “Mit dem Ergebnis sichert sich die Regierungspartei 355 der 450 Sitze.”
Read it at taz → https://taz.de/Wahl-in-Russland/!6215030/
Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Russland hat "gewählt", massive Wahlmanipulationen stehen im Raum Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Der Standard puts 'gewählt' in quotation marks and reports a two-thirds majority without naming a source.
Duma Russland hat "gewählt", massive Wahlmanipulationen stehen im Raum Die Kremlpartei Geeintes Russland hat eine Zweidrittelmehrheit bei den Wahlen zur Staatsduma erreicht. Die vier Parteien im Parlament sind allesamt treu zu Putin Die Freude über das Duma-Ergebnis ist den Entscheidungsträgern von Einiges Russland nicht wirklich anzusehen. EPA/EKATERINA SHTUKINA / SPUTNIK Wladimir Putin kann mehr als zufrieden sein, auch wenn er nicht zur Wahl stand. Doch die Kremlpartei "Geeintes Russland", die seit 20 Jahren in Russland regiert, baute ihre bisherige Zweidrittelmehrheit im Parlament massiv a
Hedged unsourced: Raises mass manipulation as something 'in the air', with no source for the claim — “massive Wahlmanipulationen stehen im Raum”
Scare quotes and hedge: The headline puts 'voted' in scare quotes but only hedges on manipulation. The body then states the two-thirds majority without a source. — “Russland hat "gewählt", massive Wahlmanipulationen stehen im Raum”
Read it at Der Standard → https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000340668/russland-hat-gewaehlt-ma…
Digi24
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Digi24 🇷🇴RO · TV/radio · independent Kaja Kallas susține că alegerile din Rusia evidențiază creșterea autoritarismului: „Eroziunea democrației este tot mai gravă” Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Digi24 → What we have measured A judgement of the Union quoted in the headline the premier's verdict on the Union printed as the headline claim ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the attackers were separate from the shepherds ×1Asserted vs attributed States flat that the document is fake; another report sources this to the Order's ambassador ×1Attributed, not asserted Russia's account of where the strike happened is given to the Kremlin, with the news agency chain named ×1 from 5389 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Digi24 carries the EU response: Kallas condemns voting in occupied Ukrainian territory and accuses the Kremlin of repressing the opposition.
Kaja Kallas susține că alegerile din Rusia evidențiază creșterea autoritarismului: „Eroziunea democrației este tot mai gravă” Data publicării: 21.09.2026 14:07 Kaja Kallas. Foto: Profimedia Images Urmărește Digi24 în Google Discover Adaugă Digi24 ca sursă preferată în Google Uniunea Europeană denunță o „eroziune democratică” tot mai accentuată în Rusia, după alegerile pentru Duma de Stat desfășurate între 18 și 20 septembrie. Șefa diplomației europene, Kaja Kallas, acuză Kremlinul că a intensificat represiunea împotriva opoziției și condamnă organizarea scrutinului în teritoriile ucrainene ocu
Voice quoted: The EU's foreign-policy chief is the only official voice quoted from outside Russia. — “„Eroziunea democrației este tot mai gravă””
Voice quoted: The only report that leads with an outside official's voice, the EU's top diplomat — “Kaja Kallas, acuză Kremlinul că a intensificat represiunea împotriva opoziției”
Read it at Digi24 → https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/kaja-kallas-sustine-ca-alegerile-di…
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D De Telegraaf
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De Telegraaf 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and aged, and his not-guilty plea is carried ×1Accused's voice carries the not-guilty plea and names the accused ×1Actor named Authorities named as the ones who made the arrests ×1Asserted vs attributed 'blackmail' stated flat, with no source and no named state that applied it ×1 from 10020 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Público
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Público 🇵🇹PT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt The only report carrying casualties gives a count and no names ×1Asserted or attributed the Saudi account arrives as a confirmation, not a claim ×1Casualties stated flat, unnamed the same two deaths are stated without source and without who killed them ×1Flat context The same Iran link is stated flat, with no source ×1 from 3295 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → D De Standaard
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De Standaard 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting on the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted vs attributed states sabotage flat, with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed states flat, with no source, that the officers were wrong to suspect him ×1Attribution The whole arrest is sourced second-hand to other media. ×1 from 4325 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
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Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El Mundo
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El Mundo 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The dispute is between named Spanish officials over who was warned. There is no figure of Moroccan personnel. ×1Actor named The dispute is between named officials, and the report carries no figure. ×1Asserted, not attributed defiance of a named president is stated flat as what the meeting was ×1Asserted not attributed States Moscow's own reason, retaliation, as fact ×1 from 4700 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Brussels Signal
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Brussels Signal 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed cause and effect on services asserted in the reporter's voice, no figure attached ×1Asserted vs attributed States record diesel prices flat, with no source; another report says there is no shortage ×1Asserted vs attributed The figure of 72 is stated flat, with no named source or document. The report's own inference is 'significant infiltration'. ×1Asserted vs attributed record diesel prices stated flat, with no figure and no source ×1 from 674 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Dagens Nyheter
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Dagens Nyheter 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused label flat accused is labelled far-right without attribution, and not named ×1Affected counted Only report to count the residents affected ×1Asserted or attributed the majority stated flat, with nobody credited for the count ×1Asserted or attributed the demand is written as the report's own flat sentence before it is attributed to anyone ×1 from 3487 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Efimerida ton Syntakton
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Efimerida ton Syntakton 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Adjective without figure Calls the war bloody but gives no count ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names one of the dead ×1Anyone hurt named the only report we hold that names a person who died ×1Asserted not attributed Calls the move 'unprecedented' in its own voice ×1 from 8180 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Observador
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Observador 🇵🇹PT · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed The fuel retailers' charge is attributed, 'accuses'. No government response is carried. ×1Affected person unnamed the woman is not named, and no cause of the eviction is given ×1Analyst verdict as headline one commentator's judgement on European mood is the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the charge against two foreign states is carried as the prime minister's view, not the report's ×1 from 9741 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Telex
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Telex 🇭🇺HU · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor framed as giving The headline makes the government the actor, and what it does is support drivers. ×1Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'chased them off' ×1Adopted term Uses the government's own phrase 'targeted support' without quotation marks ×1Asserted vs attributed 'under cover of night' attributed to Mária Schmidt, with the ministry's 8pm set beside it ×1 from 3231 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Frankfurter Allgemeine
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Frankfurter Allgemeine 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label The Houthis are called a militia and are cast only as the threat ships need protecting from. ×1With no actor named critics 'After criticism', with no one named as the critic. ×1Anyone hurt counted gives an injury figure, attributed to the ministry, but does not say who was hurt or by whom ×1Asserted flat the report judges the offer vague in its own voice, unattributed ×1 from 8701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Rzeczpospolita
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Rzeczpospolita 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accountability The only report to say prosecutors are investigating ×1Asserted not attributed Hungary's need for more time is stated as fact, not as the government's claim ×1Claim asserted flat says EU law has never known such an offer, with no lawyer, official or text cited ×1Correction carried the correction is in the lede, attributed to Lithuania ×1 from 5701 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Magyar Nemzet
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Magyar Nemzet 🇭🇺HU · newspaper · party-aligned No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusers named as participants The headline names two current accusers as having taken part in the concession. ×1Aside aimed at one figure the handover is framed as reading homework for the opposition leader who asked for it ×1Asserted, not attributed The motive is stated in the report's own voice, hedged only by a rhetorical formula rather than by a source. ×1Asserted not attributed a contested motive is the entire lede, with no source for it ×1 from 2932 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Figaro
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Le Figaro 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed the capture of the strait and a "lightning offensive" are stated flat, with no source and no date ×1Asserted vs attributed The mayor's account and his opponents' charge are both attributed. ×1Asserted vs attributed The capture of the strait is stated flat, as settled background to a different story, with no source and no date for the claim. ×1Attacker identified by nationality in the headline ×1 from 7685 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Politico Europe
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Politico Europe 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named vaguely The opponents are 'other capitals', with no country named ×1With no actor named accusation The coup accusation is in the passive; the accuser is not named ×1Asserted vs attributed The contradiction is stated as fact by the report, sourced only to unspecified official notes ×1Asserted vs attributed the stall stated flat in the headline, with Athens named as the actor that rejected ×1 from 1192 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → HotNews.ro
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HotNews.ro 🇷🇴RO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation unanswered AUR's claim of a plan agreed between the president and PSD runs in the headline and lede. No reply from the president is carried. ×1Actor named Names the blocs that refuse any exemption ×1Anonymous sourcing The jamming device found in his car rests on unnamed judicial sources, relayed through a news agency. ×1Asserted not attributed the outcome is declared settled before voting opens ×1 from 4469 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → iDNES.cz / MF DNES
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iDNES.cz / MF DNES 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed The cause and the forecast are both attributed to the bank's own statement ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline attributes the charge that Putin ordered the rules of war dropped to Zelensky ×1Attributed The facts are attributed to the Polish army in the lead sentence ×1Attributed the bridge damage is sourced to Kyiv's mayor on Telegram ×1 from 4739 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Svenska Dagbladet
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Svenska Dagbladet 🇸🇪SE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attributed context The Iran link is hedged and credited to another newspaper ×1Hedged context Base's use for strikes on Iran is hedged and attributed to another paper ×1Hedged or flat a directional claim about the race stated flat, with no poll figure behind it ×1Loss stated flat, size not given a large loss asserted with no figure, and a coalition demand named in the same line ×1 from 3297 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gazeta Wyborcza
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Gazeta Wyborcza 🇵🇱PL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Russia is named as acting against the bridge, in active voice ×1Asserted cause Voters' reason for backing the AfD is stated flat as a fact about the mainstream parties. ×1Asserted, not attributed the three-year gain is stated as what the deal would have secured, with no source ×1Asserted versus attributed the link between the pardons and the US talks is stated flat in the headline ×1 from 1246 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
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ABC
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ABC 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen 80,000, stated flat and unsourced; every other report we hold says about 70,000 ×1Figure chosen 80,000 crossed, stated flat, no source for the number ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls it an invasion in the outlet's own voice, unattributed, inside a sentence about the judge. ×1Which figure is used same two days, no figure at all: thousands ×1 from 225 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Corriere della Sera
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Corriere della Sera 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Kathimerini
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Kathimerini 🇬🇷GR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt counted, not named the same first witness, identified by his job and as one of 57 ×1What is counted the only report that counts how many defendants actually turned up ×1Whose voice is quoted the only defendant's words we hold, three words, unrebutted and unexplained ×1Word for the event rail accident, and without the article, further loosening it from the case ×1 from 115 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Soir
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Le Soir 🇧🇪BE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Die Presse
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Die Presse 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Who is named as acting Calls the party right and its people the far right in the outlet's own voice; three reports use only its name. ×1 from 70 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Il Giornale
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Il Giornale 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Euractiv
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Euractiv 🇧🇪BE · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Measure chosen the only report we hold that breaks the result down by voters' age ×1Measure chosen the only report we hold that publishes how the age groups split ×1Which figure is used about 80,000 stated flat and unsourced — an order of magnitude above every other figure we hold ×1Which figure is used Puts 80,000 across the border in two days with no source for the figure and nobody attributed for it. ×1 from 41 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Le Monde
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Le Monde 🇫🇷FR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt named or counted the only death toll we hold; a round number, hedged, nobody named ×1Anyone hurt named or counted the only report we hold that gives a death toll; it counts, does not name ×1Who says the label flat in the headline, no source, no hedge ×1 from 42 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → El País
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El País 🇪🇸ES · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Figure chosen more than 70,000 crossed, the higher figure not mentioned ×1Word for the event invasion, in quote marks and put in a party leader's mouth ×1Word for the event, attributed same word, but in quotation marks and inside a politician's accusation ×1 from 144 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → la Repubblica
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la Repubblica 🇮🇹IT · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Süddeutsche Zeitung 🇩🇪DE · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Hedged or stated states flat that police do not know whether the person seen is the man they want ×1Suspect identified how age and home town only, and the sabotage is what police attribute, not what the report asserts ×1 from 257 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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