Invitations have also been extended to international parliamentary organisations.
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko has extended invitations to foreign parliamentarians and representatives of international organisations to participate as observers in the elections to the State Duma.
Invitations have been sent to the speakers of the chambers of parliament in a number of CIS and BRICS member states, as well as to friendly and neutral countries.
Invitations have also been extended to several international parliamentary organisations, including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), the Arab Parliament, and the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC).
Elections to the ninth convocation of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation will be held on 18–20 September 2026. Voters will elect deputies both from single-member constituencies and through party-list proportional representation.