Putin's Party Wins Big in Russian Election

The pro-Putin party keeps control of the Russian parliament after a vote where they won a massive majority.

Vladimir Putin’s political party has kept its hold on Russia’s parliament. Official results show they won a supermajority, which is a very large number of seats that lets them pass almost any law they want. In total, the party took 355 seats. This means they are firmly in charge of how the country makes its laws. Critics are pointing out that this was a carefully controlled event. While the government says the people have spoken, others argue the vote was not a fair race. Very few people who are against the current war were able to get any power at all. One small group that opposes the war…