00:00Russians casting their ballots at embassies and consulates abroad overwhelmingly voted against President Vladimir Putin's United Russia.
00:09The Russian diaspora backed the liberal New People Party by a margin of 8 to 1, according to two independent
00:16exit polls.
00:17The Vote Abroad project, which surveyed almost 15,700 voters at 27 polling stations across 22 countries,
00:25put New People at 43%, the Communist Party at 18.3%, United Russia at 5.5%.
00:33In 10 countries, including Armenia, Germany and Finland, United Russia failed to clear the 5% threshold required to win
00:41Duma seats.
00:42The results stand in stark contrast against official results from inside Russia, where Putin's party took nearly 58% of
00:50the vote.
00:51The only anti-war party, Yabloko, was barred from the election.
00:56Exit poll workers said those abroad who opposed the war in Ukraine had no Yabloko option and predominantly voted New
01:02People instead.
01:03Some anti-war Russian activists also protested outside embassies to voice their opposition to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, now in
01:12its fifth year.
01:13There.
01:13You're relying on the mother with fear for the dark painted evacrator to Gob Canada to
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