{"id":380716,"date":"2026-09-21T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-russias-election-means-for-the-war-in-ukraine-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:00:35","slug":"what-russias-election-means-for-the-war-in-ukraine-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-russias-election-means-for-the-war-in-ukraine-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What Russia&#8217;s election means for the war in Ukraine | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4uWgAbep9dg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What Russia's election means for the war in Ukraine | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4uWgAbep9dg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin&#8217;s United Russia party has secured a record supermajority in parliament after an election held without parties critical of the Kremlin or the war in Ukraine. The result gives the government even greater political control and could pave the way for constitutional changes. So what does this vote tell us about support for the war? And what could it mean for Russia&#8217;s next moves in Ukraine?<\/p>\n<p>DW speaks to Jaroslava Barbieri, Research Fellow at the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House<\/p>\n<p>Chapter Breakdown<br \/>\n0:00 Russia&#8217;s parliamentary election strengthens Kremlin control<br \/>\n0:47 Interview: Jaroslava Barbieri, Research Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House UK<br \/>\n1:01 What the election results mean for Vladimir Putin&#8217;s war narrative<br \/>\n1:51 How the Kremlin could use the vote to reinforce support for the war<br \/>\n3:01 Elections in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories and Moscow&#8217;s territorial claims<br \/>\n3:34 Could Putin order a new large-scale mobilization?<br \/>\n5:12 Ukraine&#8217;s drone campaign and its impact on Russia<br \/>\n5:30 Strikes on energy and commercial infrastructure increase pressure on the Kremlin<br \/>\n6:34 Public opinion, domestic discontent and the realities of war<br \/>\n6:55 Final analysis from Jaroslava Barbieri <\/p>\n<p>#dwcurrentaffairs <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Putin&#8217;s United Russia party has secured a record supermajority in parliament after an election held without parties critical of the Kremlin or the war in Ukraine. The result gives the government even greater political control and could pave the way for constitutional changes. So what does this vote tell us about support for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-380716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Russia&#039;s election means for the war in Ukraine | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch What Russia&#039;s election means for the war in Ukraine | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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