Politics‘The veneer of democracy is all that remains in Russia,’ Kallas says as EU pledges new sanctions after State Duma election
The EU is preparing sanctions over Russia’s recent State Duma election, targeting organizers, candidates who ran in occupied Ukrainian territories, and others Brussels holds responsible for undermining free elections. The bloc said the vote showed democracy’s continued erosion, criticized the exclusion of Yabloko candidates, and rejected the results in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.
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‘The veneer of democracy is all that remains in Russia,’ Kallas says as EU pledges new sanctions after State Duma election