Significance
3 measured / 3 eligible · 0 missing · 0 not applicable
score (0 to 1) · Event-level distribution, not a Situation risk score.
across all 3 events
Connected Situation / Through 2026-09-22
Russia’s 2026 Election Reporting: Results and Official Statements
- stories
- 5
- events
- 3
- entities
- 53
- connections
- 5
Evidence so far on 2026-09-22 UTC · updated 2026-09-22 04:22 UTC · analysis as of 2026-09-22 01:27 UTCSign in for the live Situation ↗
Narrative
As-of analysis
Situation at a glance
Russia’s 20–21 September 2026 election reporting includes national and regional result reports and coded public statements. “Putin's party wins Russia's elections with 57.8% of the vote” reports a 57.8% result, while “United Russia secures a convincing electoral victory in Russia” reports a broader electoral outcome. On 20 September, Alexander Beglov said that St. Petersburg elections were orderly. On 21 September, a coded public statement by the Central Election Commission of Russia concerned Oleg Melnichenko’s second term as Penza governor, and the linked Story reported a 70.8% result. Irina Yarovaya said that Russians support Vladimir Putin and war fighters, with the West as the coded target. “Rodina Party unveils 2026 election program for Russian legislatures” reports a Rodina Party election program.
Footnotes[4][2][7][8][3][6][1][5]Assessment
The supplied material covers a national election result report, a specific Penza gubernatorial result report, and three coded public statements: Alexander Beglov’s statement about orderly St. Petersburg elections, the Central Election Commission of Russia’s statement concerning Oleg Melnichenko’s second Penza governor term, and Irina Yarovaya’s statement about support for Vladimir Putin and war fighters. All three coded Events are classified as political verbal-cooperation events with the description “Make public statement”; the metrics identify no conflict-family events. Connections identify the Penza result and the broader United Russia account as the same Russian electoral occurrence, and place the national result and Rodina program in the election thread. United Russia, Vladimir Putin and the State Duma are mentioned in the supplied Stories, while their Entity records list mention roles and no supporting Event participation.
Footnotes[7][8][6][13][16][17][18][19][9][12][11]Explanation originally captured 2026-09-22 · Evidence through 2026-09-22 UTC · Source edition sed_14b7dc840746ecd6667e386c6dabab09
What informs this explanation
- Complete retained Story and Event membership
- Daily reporting and coded-occurrence time steps
- Event taxonomies, metrics, units, and denominators
- Canonical Entities and recorded actor/target bindings
- Typed reporting, membership, and incident edges
- Changes against the preceding retained edition
- Permitted macro, public-record, and asset facts only when they were retained with an explicit source and observation date
Quantitative
Evidence in numbers
- Scope
A 2-day Situation represented by 3 coded Events carried across 5 member Stories.
- Coded activity
The coded activity is led by 01 · Make Public Statement (3).
- Prominent subjects
🇷🇺Russia is prominent in the retained actor and relationship evidence.
- Entity coverage
53 canonical Entities are linked to this edition.
Metric coverage. 3 coded Events · 3 CAMEO+ · 0 conflict. The four dimensions describe the CAMEO+ subset; conflict Events do not carry these scores.
Magnitude3
min 3max 3
Systemic importance0.11
min 0.11max 0.12
Propagation potential0.27
min 0.26max 0.29
Market sensitivity0.05
min 0.05max 0.05
Dot = mean · shaded span = observed range · position uses each metric’s defined scale.
All 7 scores, distributions & definitions
How the coder scored the full retained Event set
3 coded events — 3 CAMEO+ (3 political)
- Significance · 30.21min 0.19max 0.23
- Magnitude · 33min 3max 3
- Systemic · 30.11min 0.11max 0.12
- Propagation · 30.27min 0.26max 0.29
- Market · 30.05min 0.05max 0.05
- Goldstein · 30min 0max 0
- Confidence · 30.81min 0.76max 0.88
Quad class over those 3 events · Verbal Cooperation 3. No conflict-family event here, so nothing carries a fatality count — a missing column, not a toll of zero.
Magnitude
3 measured / 3 eligible · 0 missing · 0 not applicable
score (0 to 10) · Event-level distribution, not a Situation risk score.
across all 3 events — every one of them CAMEO+
Systemic
3 measured / 3 eligible · 0 missing · 0 not applicable
score (0 to 1) · Event-level distribution, not a Situation risk score.
across all 3 events — every one of them CAMEO+
Propagation
3 measured / 3 eligible · 0 missing · 0 not applicable
score (0 to 1) · Event-level distribution, not a Situation risk score.
across all 3 events — every one of them CAMEO+
Market
3 measured / 3 eligible · 0 missing · 0 not applicable
score (0 to 1) · Event-level distribution, not a Situation risk score.
across all 3 events — every one of them CAMEO+
Goldstein
3 measured / 3 eligible · 0 missing · 0 not applicable
score (-10 to 10) · Event-level distribution, not a Situation risk score.
across the 3 of 3 events Goldstein is defined on — CAMEO+ POLITICAL and the conflict family; the other nine CAMEO+ domains have no Goldstein semantics
Confidence
3 measured / 3 eligible · 0 missing · 0 not applicable
score (0 to 1) · Event-level distribution, not a Situation risk score.
across all 3 events
This retained edition, independent of graph and page limits. Different dimensions, not a blended risk score; reported tolls may overlap.
Day by day2 reporting days · click a day to open or close it
2026-09-21analystlatest
National, regional and party-election reporting
On 21 September 2026, five Stories and two coded Events were represented: the national 57.8% result, the broader United Russia victory account, the 70.8% Penza result, Yarovaya’s statement and the Rodina program. Compared with 20 September, the selected timeline moved from no represented Stories and one coded Event to five represented Stories and two coded Events; the comparison describes the composition of the selected evidence, not a measured change in real-world activity.
- 5+5
- Stories · vs day before
- 2+1
- Events · vs day before
- 877
- articles
The lay of the land
Situation timeline
Threads
All 2 daysarticlesstoriesevents
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What kind of event · 1 coded type
over 3 coded events on this edition
- Political3
- 01 · Make Public Statement3
Countries · where it happened
Countries · who is acting
Salient structure
What holds this Situation together
Selected from the complete retained edition
Key threads
- core
AnalystRussian electoral statements and results
The core thread covers the national election result report, the Penza gubernatorial result, Beglov’s orderly-election statement and Yarovaya’s election-related statement. The Penza account and the broader United Russia account are linked as the same Russian electoral occurrence. The Yarovaya Story has the largest article count among the selected Stories.
The core thread covers the national election result report, the Penza gubernatorial result, Beglov’s orderly-election statement and Yarovaya’s election-related statement. The Penza account and the broader United Russia account are linked as the same Russian electoral occurrence. The Yarovaya Story has the largest article count among the selected Stories.
Footnotes[4][2][3][7][8][6][1][17][18][19][15] - development
AnalystAdditional party participation in the legislative election
The Rodina Party election-program Story is an additional election-related Story in the same election thread. It has no coded Event attached.
Key actors
Key Events
contextAnalystGovernor Beglov says St. Petersburg elections were orderly
On 20 September 2026, Alexander Beglov made a public statement that St. Petersburg elections were orderly.
On 20 September 2026, Alexander Beglov made a public statement that St. Petersburg elections were orderly.
Footnotes[7]contextAnalystOleg Melnichenko wins second Penza governor term
On 21 September 2026, the Central Election Commission of Russia was the source actor for a coded public statement concerning Oleg Melnichenko’s second Penza governor term. The linked Story reports a 70.8% result.
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contextAnalystIrina Yarovaya says Russians support Putin and war fighters
On 21 September 2026, Irina Yarovaya said that Russians support Vladimir Putin and war fighters, with the West as the Event’s target.
Notable connections
Evidenced relationships involving significant participants beyond the central cast.
is the public statement described by · reporting linkAnalystGovernor Beglov says St. Petersburg elections were orderly → United Russia secures a convincing electoral victory in Russia
The Story describes Alexander Beglov’s statement that St. Petersburg elections were orderly.
is the public result statement described by · reporting linkAnalystOleg Melnichenko wins second Penza governor term → Oleg Melnichenko wins Russia’s Penza governor election with 70.8%
The Story reports the Penza governor result attributed to the Central Election Commission of Russia.
is the public statement described by · reporting linkAnalystIrina Yarovaya says Russians support Putin and war fighters → Yarovaya stresses elections and support for Russia’s Ukraine war fighters
The Story reports Irina Yarovaya’s statement about support for Putin and war fighters.
specific Penza result within the broader United Russia electoral occurrence · analytical connectionAnalystOleg Melnichenko wins Russia’s Penza governor election with 70.8% → United Russia secures a convincing electoral victory in Russia
The membership decision identifies the Penza result as part of the same Russian electoral occurrence as the broader United Russia victory account.
mentioned in · reporting linkAnalystUnited Russia → United Russia secures a convincing electoral victory in Russia
United Russia is mentioned in the broader election Story, but its Entity record lists no supporting Event participation.
How a Situation is put together5 Stories · 3 Events · 5 membership connections · 82 graph edges
A retained time step
This edition freezes the complete served membership and analysis available through its UTC cutoff. Later repairs or identity changes do not rewrite what this edition showed.
Stories, Events, and cast
Stories are reporting clusters. Events are coded occurrences within that reporting. The cast contains 53 canonical people and organizations linked to the retained evidence.
Typed connections
Story-to-Event edges identify supporting reporting. Entity-to-Event edges identify recorded actor or target participation. Mentions and analytical roles stay visibly distinct from recorded participation.
Core, precursor, and continuation labels organize the reading. They do not by themselves establish causation. Collapsed graph groups and paginated evidence change presentation only; counts use the complete retained edition.