Voting got underway in a three-day parliamentary election in Russia, which President Vladimir Putin has framed as a barometer of support for Russia's war in Ukraine ▻ ↧ Russians vote in election that Putin sees as gauge of support for h... Russians began voting in a three-day parliamentary election which President Vladimir Putin has said will show that millions of people back his army fighting in Ukraine, ​even though most anti-war candidates were not allowed to run.