{"id":149594,"date":"2021-09-24T14:43:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=149594"},"modified":"2021-10-04T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T08:08:49","slug":"how-russia-used-its-parliamentary-elections-in-occupied-territories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/how-russia-used-its-parliamentary-elections-in-occupied-territories","title":{"rendered":"How Russia Used Its Parliamentary Elections in Occupied Territories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>With opposition virtually absent and violations widespread, the elections to the State Duma in Russia were used to strengthen Putin\u2019s regime but also to once again attack the sovereignty of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kremlin-sponsored campaign before the elections was carefully prepared in the occupied parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions \u2013 to the point when the command of the puppet armed forces held \u201cdrill elections\u201d to make sure the locals would vote for the ruling United Russia party. 396 \u201cexplanatory centers\u201d were opened urging Ukrainians to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What were the Kremlin\u2019s goals behind involving Ukrainians from the occupied territories in the elections?<\/li><li>Which measures were used to push the residents of the occupied Donbas to vote?<\/li><li>What was the role of illegal passportization? <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We break all this down in our video &#8220;How Russia Used Its Parliamentary Elections in Occupied Territories&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With opposition virtually absent and violations widespread, the elections to the State Duma in Russia were used to strengthen Putin\u2019s regime but also to once again attack the sovereignty of Ukraine. 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