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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recognized the new composition of the Russian State Duma as illegitimate.
As reported on Facebook by Yevheniia Kravchuk, a member of the permanent delegation of the Verkhovna Rada to the PACE, the corresponding resolution was voted for by 59 deputies, with no one voting against, according to Ukrinform.
“PACE recognized the new Russian State Duma as illegitimate and urged restricted tourist visa issuance to Russians!” the post says.
According to Kravchuk, the Assembly noted that the so-called elections to the State Duma did not meet the fundamental conditions of free and fair elections and cannot be regarded as the true will of the citizens of the Russian Federation. Accordingly, the new State Duma cannot be recognized as democratically elected or as a legitimate representative body.
Kravchuk noted that the resolution includes amendments that enshrine the principles of international humanitarian law regarding occupation. In particular, temporary occupation does not transfer sovereignty to the occupant state and cannot be used to change the legal status of the occupied territory.
“They separately condemned the coercion of Ukrainian citizens in the occupied territories to participate in Russia’s ‘election’ processes. Participation obtained under occupation, coercion, or pressure cannot be construed as a free political will or used to legitimize attempts at unlawful annexation,” the deputy stated.
The resolution also called for immediate sanctions against those who attempt to “represent” the temporarily occupied territories.
PACE urged introducing sanctions against the leadership of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, regional election commissions, and other individuals who organized or administered Russia’s “elections,” including in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
“No Russian elections can alter internationally recognized borders of Ukraine,” Kravchuk emphasized.
As Ukrinform previously reported, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Russia’s “elections” in the temporarily occupied territories are illegal and null and void, and called on the world not to recognize them and to increase pressure on the Russian Federation.
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