Actual turnout in Russia’s State Duma election was about 40%, experts say. Russia’s Central Election Commission put it at 59%.

Turnout in the elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, held in Russia on September 18–20, was about 40%, according to mathematician Boris Ovchinnikov and election observation expert Roman Udot, the independent Russian broadcaster TV Rain reported. Russia’s Central Electi