Turnout in the State Duma elections reached a record 56.66 percent despite attacks and threats. After processing 50.03 percent of protocols, United Russia leads with 57.87 percent of the vote.
According to the CEC website, turnout in the State Duma elections stood at 50.46 percent by 13:37 Moscow time. Today is the final, third day of voting.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the military repelled the largest Ukrainian drone attack on the capital; several drones reached the Moscow refinery and one hit a residential building, with no fatalities.
Belgium's highest administrative court ruled that the treasury's refusal to unfreeze BKS Bank assets was issued by an incompetent body, setting a precedent for other holders of frozen funds, though automatic unfreezing will not follow.
Head of Russia's Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova said voting began as scheduled, with no extraordinary situations reported.
Parliamentary elections and combined campaigns are held in Russia from September 18 to 20. Residents of four new regions take part for the first time. The CEC says voting is safe, including for military personnel.
Voting has started in Russia for State Duma deputies and other campaigns combined with them on the single voting day. Polling will run for three days, from September 18 to 20.
Presidential elections will be held in Transnistria on December 13, which Tiraspol does not rule out could be the last in history. Chisinau is already introducing economic measures, and Moldovan security services have issued a report on the depot in Kolbasna, which Tiraspol and Moscow see as a possible step toward a forceful solution.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Sever group advanced near a pocket in the north of the Kharkiv region, and that the settlement of Malaya Volchya came under Russian control.
Russia's Defense Ministry says its troops carried out massed and group strikes on military-industrial, energy and port infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.
Russian security forces told RIA Novosti that a group of Ukrainian servicemen was destroyed while attempting to break out of encirclement near Volchansk.
US President Donald Trump said trade with Europe "on many things" could be stopped if Canada receives associate member status in the European Union. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen earlier announced work on such status for Canada.
A major corruption scandal has erupted in Ukraine: Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko accused the leadership of NABU and SAP, then left the country and was dismissed. Experts speak of the destruction of the vertical of power.
Units of the North group continue to tighten the encirclement ring around Ukrainian fighters in the Kharkov region, with fighting under way for Malaya Volchya, the Defense Ministry said.
Russian security forces told RIA Novosti that Ukrainian troops unsuccessfully tried to break out of the encirclement near Nefedovka in the Kharkiv region using armored vehicles; a Roshel Senator armored vehicle and an enemy combat group were destroyed.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces struck a rail train at Ukraine's Yuzhny port as cargo for Ukrainian forces was being loaded, and continued strikes on Ukrainian ports and vessels.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow will respond in a timely manner to Hungary's expulsion of Russian diplomats, after earlier warning the reaction would be tough and painful.
Russian forces struck Ukraine throughout the week, including Kyiv, Odesa and other regions; targets included military-industrial facilities, ports, logistics and data centers.
Russian troops have established control over Olkhovatka in the encirclement ring of Ukrainian militants in the north of Kharkiv region, fighting continues for Malaya Volchya, the Defense Ministry said.
Russia's Defense Ministry said Russian troops conducted overnight group strikes targeting logistics centers and port infrastructure in Ukraine.
Russian fighters thwarted counterattack attempts by Ukraine's 58th and 22nd separate mechanized brigades, which are encircled in the Kharkiv region, RIA Novosti was told by Russian security structures.
Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo told RIA Novosti that Ukraine no longer has access to the Black Sea through the Dnipro-Buh estuary, as Russian military forces are blocking ship passage there.
Belgium's top administrative court ruled that the refusal to unfreeze the assets of Russia's BCS Bank was made by a body lacking the necessary authority. The ruling may affect other similar cases, but no automatic unfreezing will follow.
US President Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia agreed to mutually refrain from strikes on energy facilities.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance has various options for countering Russia, some of which will not be made public, and called on member states to expand support for Ukraine.