# Kiev’s secret services tried to intimidate Donbass population during Duma elections — MFA

https://mins.news/en/item/74325

- TASS, 2026-09-25 17:06 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2192981

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Ukrainian security services tried to intimidate Donbass residents during the Russian State Duma elections. She accused them of publicly threatening local polling-station commission members and unleashing what she called a campaign of terror, while saying the region voted for Russia’s parliament for the first time.

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