{"id":590742,"date":"2023-09-11T16:54:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russian-commission-says-ruling-party-won-most-votes-in-occupied-ukraine-regions-in-disputed-elections\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:54:17","slug":"russian-commission-says-ruling-party-won-most-votes-in-occupied-ukraine-regions-in-disputed-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-commission-says-ruling-party-won-most-votes-in-occupied-ukraine-regions-in-disputed-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russian commission says ruling party won most votes in occupied Ukraine regions in disputed elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/PutinVladimir_050223_AP.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Central Election Commission said Monday the country\u2019s ruling party has won the most votes in elections in occupied Ukrainian regions, elections that Kyiv and international observers dismiss as complete shams.<\/p>\n<p>The voting for Russian-installed legislatures in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and on the Crimean Peninsula began last week and ended on Sunday, according\u00a0to The Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The election results come amid Russia\u2019s attempts to maintain a tight hold on the regions the country illegally annexed last year, but does not fully control. <\/p>\n<p>Voting for Russia-installed legislatures took place at the same weekend as other elections in Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was reelected, beating other Kremlin-backed parties with more than 76 percent of the vote,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1672441\">state media reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv pushed back against the elections, with Ukraine\u2019s parliament calling them a threat to Ukrainian lives in areas where Russia \u201cconducts active hostilities,\u201d according to the AP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.ua\/en\/news\/statement-ministry-foreign-affairs-ukraine-non-recognition-so-called-presidential-elections-karabakh-azerbaijan\">also condemned<\/a>\u00a0the elections, calling their results \u201cnull and void.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Western countries echoed this sentiment, claiming the elections violate international law. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly reject this further futile attempt by Russia to legitimize or normalize its illegal military control and attempted annexation of parts of Ukrainian territories,\u201d the European Commission said Monday in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Pamfilova, the head of Russia\u2019s Central Election Commission, reportedly said the turnout, including Russia and the occupied Ukrainian regions averaged 43.5 percent, marking the highest since 2017, the AP reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russian state <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> agency TASS\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/russia\/1672107\">reported<\/a>\u00a0turnout was even higher in the illegally annexed region of Kherson, with a turnout of 62.68 percent as of Sunday, according to Marina Zakharova, the chair of the regional election commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Kherson is not under complete control from Russia and has remained the target of numerous Russian attacks in the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Along with other polling areas, it reported sabotage attempts at polling stations over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The AP reported a Russian-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed official in Kherson said a live grenade was discovered near a polling station, while Denis Pushilin, the acting head of the Russian-occupied parts of the Donetsk region, said polling staff was \u201cwounded and injured,\u201d without providing further details.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Residents and Ukrainian activists alleged Russian poll workers made house calls with armed soldiers in some illegally annexed regions and detained those who refuse to vote, pressuring them into writing \u201cexplanatory statements\u201d that could be used for grounds in a criminal case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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