SIMFEROPOL, 17 sep. The sanctions of Ukraine over voting in Crimea will not affect the electoral process in the republic in any way, the head of the regional election commission Mikhail Malyshev told RIA Novosti. Earlier, the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council decided to impose restrictions on the organizers of elections to the State Duma in Crimea, as well as «in Donbass». although there are no polling stations in the DPR and LPR.
«These are not the first and I think not the last sanctions that the NSDC comes up with. <...> I am very calm about all these sanctions. You need to be very calm and without any additional emotions to treat this hysteria,» Malyshev believes.
According to him, the Crimeans are accustomed to such a policy of the Ukrainian authorities. «Therefore, their sanctions and statements will in no way change our position,» the head of the election commission concluded. The NSDC imposed sanctions against 53 members of territorial election commissions, 33 candidates and seven officials — FSB officers. At the same time, Kiev threatened foreign observers with the same measures “in Crimea and Donbass.” This week the European Parliament approved a report proposing to tighten its policy towards Moscow. One of the amendments also proposed to prepare for «non-recognition of the elections» and to impose sanctions against observers in Crimea. On the peninsula, such calls were called a manifestation of double standards on the part of the West.
June 18, 14:29 Infographics State Duma elections 2021 On each of these three days, you can vote from 8:00 to 20:00. The lower house is elected for a five-year term under a mixed system: 225 deputies — according to party lists, another 225 — in single-mandate constituencies. According to the decision of the CEC, remote electronic voting will take place in Moscow, as well as in Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Murmansk, Rostov regions and Sevastopol As previously noted in an interview with RIA Novosti, CEC Chairwoman Ella Pamfilova, residents of Donbass who received Russian citizenship in a simplified manner will be able to come to the Rostov region, where they received passports, and vote. They can also do this remotely if they have a verified account on the «Gosuslugi» portal. In Ukraine, polling stations have been opened at the embassy in Kiev, at the consulates in Odessa, Lvov and Kharkov.
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