The UK announced sanctions against 11 senior Russian officials and Russia's Central Election Commission over sham elections held in occupied Ukrainian territories (Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk) last October and September 2023.
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The UK announced new sanctions against almost a dozen senior Russian officials and the country's election commission over 'sham' elections held in occupied Ukrainian territory this month and last year.
The 11 officials and electoral organisation directly acted to undermine Ukraine and threaten its territorial integrity in the condemned referendums and elections staged last October and earlier this month.
Russia held falsified and illegitimate sham referendums last October in several seized Ukrainian regions, including Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk.
James Cleverly announced further sanctions over Russia's sham elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine
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