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On September 14, Russia conducted early voting for its parliamentary election by sending mobile polling teams into areas of Ukraine it occupies. The teams included electoral commission members and security personnel who oversaw residents casting ballots at their homes or makeshift stations. This move is framed by the Kremlin as a way to gauge public sentiment on the ongoing war, but Ukraine’s Security Service warns locals against participating due to potential criminal charges under Ukrainian law for up to 10 years. Western governments view these elections as illegitimate and aimed at bolstering Russian control over occupied territories.
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On September 14, Russia conducted early voting in areas of Ukraine it occupies ahead of the national parliamentary election set for September 18-20. Mobile polling teams visited rural homes carrying ballot boxes and booths, with Russian electoral officials supervising alongside military personnel. In Donetsk, election teams were escorted by police and armed forces while conducting polls. Despite this, Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has warned residents in occupied territories against participating in the elections, stating that organizing or promoting them could be a criminal offense under Ukrainian law, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Russia claims these voting measures are necessary due to martial law and to ensure voter safety. However, the actual voter turnout figures remain unclear from the footage available.
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Mobile polling teams visited homes in rural areas on 14 September, carrying ballot boxes and portable voting booths.
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teams → visit → boxes
Footage showed residents casting their ballots outside their homes, while members of Russia’s Central Electoral Commission oversaw the process alongside Russian servicemen and police officers.
asserted
members → show → servicemen
Russia’s parliamentary election is due to take place nationwide from 18 to 20 September.
asserted
election → take → September
The Kremlin presents the vote as a measure of public opinion on the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year.
asserted
Kremlin → present → year
Early voting is also under way in several frontline regions, where Russian authorities say the arrangements are needed to comply with martial law imposed by Moscow and to protect voters and election workers.
asserted
arrangements → say → voters
In Donetsk, election officials travelled between settlements accompanied by police and armed military personnel.
asserted
officials → travel → police
The footage does not show how many people had voted or provide any figures for turnout at the time it was filmed.
asserted
it → show → time
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has warned residents in occupied areas not to take part, saying that organising or promoting the elections could be a criminal offence under Ukrainian law, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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organising → warn → prison
Yet the question remains: what choice do people have when armed soldiers are at their door?
asserted
soldiers → remain → door
Kyiv and Western governments consider elections held in occupied Ukrainian territory illegal, describing them as a “sham election” intended to legitimise Moscow’s control over the regions.
asserted
elections → consider → regions
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