European Union Dismisses Russia's 'so-Called' Elections
- Kaja Kallas called Russia’s parliamentary elections a “veneer” of democracy and criticized restrictions on opposition.
- The European Union condemned voting in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea and parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson.
- The EU said it would never recognize those votes or their results and would sanction people involved in organizing them or running as candidates.
- The EU criticized Russia for barring Yabloko and not inviting OSCE election observers.
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Bloc says it will 'never recognize' votes held in occupied Ukrainian territories
The European Union has refused to recognise the results of the elections to the Russian Duma (Parliament) after denouncing that it has been carried out in a ‘fraudulent’ manner, without respecting international law or allowing OSCE observers to be present, and held in ‘temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine’. The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, has issued a letter on behalf of the Twenty-Seven in which they ha…
EU condemns elections to Russian State Duma in occupied Ukrainian territories
The European Union has condemned the holding of elections to the Russian State Duma in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, assuring that it will never recognize them, and that sanctions will be applied to those involved in their organization.
The European Union's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, on Monday condemned Russia's parliamentary elections as a "facade" of democracy and said she was proposing sanctions against those who helped organize them in occupied parts of Ukraine.
Kaja Kallas, the European Union's representative for foreign affairs and security, called the morning elections in Russia a "defeat" of democracy and said she would take disciplinary action against those who helped to hold the elections in some parts of Ukraine. Sameinað Rusland, the party of Vladimír Pútín's Ruslandforseta, won a large majority against málamyndaandstaður. Engum flokki sem laeggest ggen stríði Ruslandis í Ukrainy var heimilað að…
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