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 percent, the Communist Party at 18.3 percent, and United Russia at 5.5 percent.
00:33In 10 countries, including Armenia, Germany, and Finland,
00:37United Russia failed to clear the 5 percent threshold required to win Duma seats.
00:42The results stand in stark contrast against official results from inside Russia,
00:47where Putin's party took nearly 58 percent of the 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
01:00and predominantly voted New People instead.
01:03Some anti-war Russian activists also protested outside embassies to voice their opposition
01:09to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, now in its fifth year.
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