Vasily Nebenzya voted in the State Duma election held at Russia's Consulate General in New York on September 20, 2026. Before casting his ballot, Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations briefly greeted Russia's Consul General in New York, Aleksey Markov, and then entered the voting booth.
Voting centers in the United States
Voting in New York began at 8 a.m. local time and ended at 8 p.m. The hours corresponded to 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. the following day in Moscow time.
Russian citizens living in the United States could also vote at Russia's Embassy in Washington and Consulate General in Houston. The operating hours of those centers were set according to local time.
Aleksey Markov previously said that voter turnout was at a good level.
State Duma election schedule
Elections for deputies to the ninth State Duma and other elections held on the same dates began on September 18. The polls closed on September 20.
A total of 20,700 parliamentary seats and elected offices were scheduled to be filled on the single voting day in 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the State Duma elections as the country's most important domestic political event.