MOSCOW: Russian authorities on Sunday reported multiple attempts to sabotage voting in local elections taking place in occupied areas of Ukraine.
Votes are taking place this weekend in 79 regions of Russia, with ballots for governors, regional legislatures, city and municipal councils, as well as in the four Ukrainian regions Moscow annexed illegally last year – the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia provinces – and on the Crimean peninsula, which the Kremlinannexed in 2014.Balloting in the occupied areas of Ukraine has been denounced by Kyiv and the West as a sham and a violation of international law.
Russian electoral officials on Sunday reported attempts to sabotage voting in the occupied regions. A drone strike on Sunday destroyed one polling station in the Zaporizhzhia province, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Central Election Commission said.A Russian-appointed official in Kherson region said that a live grenade was discovered near a polling station there. Local residents have alleged that Russian poll workers make house calls accompanied by armed soldiers, detaining those who refuse to vote.
Votes are taking place this weekend in 79 regions of Russia, with ballots for governors, regional legislatures, city and municipal councils, as well as in the four Ukrainian regions Moscow annexed illegally last year – the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia provinces – and on the Crimean peninsula, which the Kremlinannexed in 2014.Balloting in the occupied areas of Ukraine has been denounced by Kyiv and the West as a sham and a violation of international law.
Russian electoral officials on Sunday reported attempts to sabotage voting in the occupied regions. A drone strike on Sunday destroyed one polling station in the Zaporizhzhia province, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Central Election Commission said.A Russian-appointed official in Kherson region said that a live grenade was discovered near a polling station there. Local residents have alleged that Russian poll workers make house calls accompanied by armed soldiers, detaining those who refuse to vote.
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