‘Voters get to choose — just not the result’: Russia’s parliamentary election reaches occupied Ukraine

Russian State Duma elections are scheduled to be held in the occupied Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine and Western officials have stated that armed personnel are present at polling locations in these territories. The elections are being conducted under Russian federal law in areas where Russia maintains military control but Ukraine contests sovereignty.

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