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Russia has commenced a three-day parliamentary election vote, a contest that is bound to reinforce the Kremlin's grip on power.

Russia has commenced a three-day parliamentary election vote, a contest that is bound to reinforce the Kremlin's grip on power.

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September 18th, 2026

Russia has commenced a three-day parliamentary election vote, a contest that is bound to reinforce the Kremlin's grip on power.

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On Friday, Russians commenced a three-day voting process, marking the first time the nation has held parliamentary elections under wartime conditions.

俄罗斯人于周五启动为期三天的投票程序此乃该国破天荒在战时状态下举行的议会选举

With the opposition virtually absent from this election, the Kremlin's political dominance is all but assured.

此番选举反对派几近缺席克里姆林宫的政治主导地位由此几可断言将得以确保

The authorities stretched the election across the weekend, concluding only on Sunday, in an effort to boost turnout among the 111 million eligible voters, even permitting the use of electronic voting.

当局将选举分散于周末举行,直至周日方告结束旨在提升1.11亿合格选民投票参与率甚至允许采用电子投票方式

According to the Central Election Commission, turnout as of Friday evening, including online voting, stood at approximately 30 percent.

据中央选举委员会称截至周五晚间包括在线投票在内的投票率约为30%

The Kremlin harbours the hope that this parliamentary electionthe first since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022will serve to demonstrate public backing for the war and to cloak its actions in a mantle of legitimacy.

克里姆林宫冀望此次议会选举——自2022年全面入侵乌克兰以来的首次——能够彰显公众对战争的支持并为其行动披上合法外衣

To that end, it has sought to avert any and all political risk by suppressing even the faintest whisper of dissent.

为此它力图通过压制哪怕最为微末的异议迹象来规避一切政治风险

"Your choice and resolve will once again demonstrate that millions stand behind our soldiers, that we are a united people, bound together by shared values, historical memory, and love for the motherland," President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the nation on the eve of the vote.

“你们的选择与决心将再度昭示,数百万民众正屹立于我方战士之后,我们乃一个团结之民族,由共同价值观、历史记忆及对祖国的挚爱所紧密维系,”总统弗拉基米尔·普京在投票前夕向全国发表讲话时如是说。

The Kremlin announced that Putin had cast his vote online on Friday and released a photograph of him seated before a computer screen.

克里姆林宫宣称,普京已于周五完成在线投票,并公布了一张他端坐于电脑屏幕前的照片。

The Kremlin's dominant party, United Russia, is all but certain to retain its overwhelming grip on the lower house of parliament, the State Duma.

克里姆林宫主导性政党——统一俄罗斯党——几乎笃定将维系其对下议院国家杜马压倒性掌控

Several smaller "systemic opposition" partieswhose voting positions on all key issues align closely with those of the governmentare likewise expected to hold on to their seats.

若干规模较小的“系统性反对派”政党——其在所有关键议题上的投票立场均与政府保持高度一致——预计亦将保住各自席位

Voters cast two separate ballots: by selecting a party listed on the ballot, they fill half of the Duma's 450 seats; the remaining seats are contested in single-member districts, where voters choose individual candidates.

选民通过投下两张单独的选票以选择选票上所列政党之方式,填补杜马450个席位中的半数其余席位则于单席位选区中角逐,由选民遴选个人候选人

The expectations that Russian citizens interviewed by reporters harbour regarding this election may be described as decidedly mixed.

受访于记者的俄罗斯民众对此次选举所抱持的期望可谓莫衷一是。

Dmitry Kirillin of Moscow declared earlier this week that he looked forward to "seeing some changes. Seeing different political parties" holding power.

莫斯科的德米特里·基里林于本周早些时候宣称他期盼看到一些变化。看到由不同的政党执掌权柄

Muscovite Alexander Vertukhin, however, took a different view, holding that "what United Russia and the Communists have done is already enough; their platforms cover everything."

然而莫斯科人亚历山大·韦尔图欣则持不同见解认为统一俄罗斯党和共产党人所做的已经足够了他们的纲领涵盖了一切。”

On Friday, at a polling station in Moscow, retiree Galina Vavilova said that she regarded bringing an end to the war in Ukraine as "certainly the most important thing."

周五,在莫斯科一处投票站,退休人员加林娜·瓦维洛娃表示,她认为终结乌克兰战争“当然是最重要的事情”。

"This is unquestionably the single most critical matter of the moment.

这无疑是当下最为至关紧要之事

What everyone yearns for is nothing other than peacewhen all is said and done, there is no exception to this.

人人心向往之的无非是和平——归根结底概莫能外

Only thus can our boys remain safe and sound," she said.

唯有如此我们的小伙子们方能安然无恙,”她说道

Another retiree, Lyudmila Kalinina, yearns for life to "stabilise in a better direction", and hopes to "bridge that vast gulf between the super-rich and the desperately poor, for after all, life is not so sweet for a great many people."

另一位退休人员柳德米拉·卡利尼娜期盼生活“朝着更好的方向稳定下来”,并希冀“弥合超级富豪与极端贫困者之间那道巨大的鸿沟,毕竟众多人的日子过得并不那么甜美。”

Vladimir Chubarev, a 72-year-old professor, expressed the following hope: "All the important initiatives our government is undertaking will succeed," and then added, "And victory, of course."

72岁的教授弗拉基米尔·丘巴列夫表达了如下期许:“我们政府正在采取的所有重要举措都能成功”,继而补充道:“当然,还有胜利。”

The liberal Yabloko party, the sole registered political entity still daring to publicly denounce the war, was stripped of its electoral eligibility by the Russian Supreme Court last month, leaving it with only a scant few dozen candidates contesting single-mandate districts.

自由派亚博卢党作为唯一尚敢公开抨击这场战争注册政治实体已于上个月被俄罗斯最高法院褫夺参选资格其在单一选区竞逐的候选人仅存寥寥数十名

Beyond that, a number of anti-war politicians likewise found themselves incarcerated or compelled into exile abroad in the run-up to the election.

除此之外若干反战政客在选前身陷囹圄被迫流亡海外

This election took place in the wake of Ukraine's long-range drone strikes on oil refineries during the summer, which in turn triggered a widespread fuel crisis.

此次选举乃是在乌克兰于夏季对炼油厂实施远程无人机袭击、进而引发广泛燃料危机之后举行的。

The warehouses of the online retailers Wildberries and Ozon did not escape the attacks either.

在线零售商WildberriesOzon的仓库亦未能幸免于袭击

These acts of destruction not only compounded the predicament confronting the Russian economy, but also brought the war to the doorsteps of millions.

这些破坏不仅加剧了俄罗斯经济所面临的困境将战争带到了数百万人的家门口

Local officials reported that in Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort, polling stations were at one point forced to close due to the threat of drone attacks.

当地官员通报,在俄罗斯黑海度假胜地索契投票站因无人机袭击之虞一度被迫关闭

Ella Pamfilova, the chairwoman of the Central Election Commission, stated that a polling station in the Krasnodar region had to be relocated after a drone shattered its windows.

中央选举委员会主席埃拉·帕姆菲洛娃克拉斯诺达尔地区一处投票站在无人机震碎窗户后不得不易地另设

For the first time, the parliamentary elections incorporated residents of the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the outbreak of the war but has yet to bring fully under its control.

议会选举首次莫斯科于战争爆发后非法吞并却尚未完全掌控四个乌克兰地区居民纳入其中。

Voting likewise took place in Crimeathe Black Sea peninsula that Russia illegally annexed in 2014.

投票同样在克里米亚——这座俄罗斯于2014年非法吞并黑海半岛——进行

In the territory of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region that is de facto under Russian control, voters at a polling station cast their ballots into the box, while a fully armed Russian soldier stood nearby, observing the proceedings.

在乌克兰东部顿涅茨克地区由俄罗斯实际控制的领土上,选民们于一处投票站将选票投入票箱,而一名全副武装的俄罗斯士兵则伫立一旁,注视着这一过程。

During a meeting with officials, Putin asserted that Ukraine was attempting to meddle and obstruct the voting process, and he mentioned an attack launched by the Ukrainian side that resulted in the death of the head of a polling station in the Zaporizhzhia region.

普京在与官员会晤期间宣称乌克兰正试图从中作梗阻挠投票进程并提及乌方发动的一次袭击致使扎波罗热地区某投票站负责人丧生

Pamfilova stated that in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region, 14 polling stations are operating on backup power because Ukrainian drones have damaged the power lines.

帕姆菲洛娃称,在俄罗斯掌控的卢甘斯克地区,因乌克兰无人机损毁了电线,14个投票站正依赖备用电源运作。

Furthermore, Russian officials have asserted that a Ukrainian attack launched earlier this week in the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region resulted in the death of a polling station chief and left another person injured.

此外俄罗斯官员声称本周早些时候乌克兰发动的袭击在俄方控制的扎波罗热地区造成一名投票站负责人丧生另有一人受伤

The Ukrainian side has not yet responded immediately to this allegation.

乌克兰方面尚未立即就这一指控作出回应

The Kyiv authorities have denounced the voting held in Russian-controlled areas as illegal, urging foreign governments and international organizations to refuse to recognize the election, while warning that Ukrainians who take part in organizing the vote may face criminal liability.

基辅当局将俄控地区举行的投票定性为非法,予以谴责,并敦促外国政府及国际组织拒绝承认此次选举,同时警告称,乌克兰人若参与组织投票,可能须承担刑事责任。

Christian Wigand, a spokesperson for the European Commission, likewise characterized the voting in Russian-controlled areas as "illegal" and declared that the EU condemns such conduct.

欧盟委员会发言人克里斯蒂安·维冈亦将俄罗斯控制区域内的投票定性为“非法”,并宣称欧盟对此行径予以谴责。

"These so-called elections are nothing short of yet another flagrant trampling of international law.

这些所谓的选举无非是对国际法的又一次公然践踏

The EU will notand never willrecognize these so-called elections, sham elections, or their results in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine," he stated.

欧盟不会——也永远不会——承认在乌克兰暂时被占领土上举行的这些所谓选举虚假选举抑或其结果,”他表示

Wigan stated that the manner in which the elections were conducted "underscores the sustained and intensifying erosion of Russian democracy," and that the Kremlin has "deprived Russian voters of a genuine choice regarding their country's future."

维冈称选举的举行方式凸显了俄罗斯民主持续且日益加剧的侵蚀”,克里姆林宫“剥夺了俄罗斯选民对自己国家未来的真正选择”。

He went on to point out that Russia's decision not to invite observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe amounted to a disregard for its own commitments.

他进而指出俄罗斯决定不邀请欧洲安全与合作组织的观察员此举无异于对其承诺的漠视

He vowed that the European Union would continue to provide support to Russian civil society organizations, human rights groups, and independent media.

他誓言欧盟将持续为俄罗斯民间社会组织人权团体及独立媒体提供支持

Lorne Cook in Brussels also played an indispensable role in this.

布鲁塞尔的洛恩·库克对此功不可没

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