Duma adopted the Elections on Martial Professions
On May 18, the State Duma adopted in the third, final reading, a bill that allows the holding of elections under martial law. The document will allow Moscow to hold parliamentary and governor elections in the territories of Ukraine controlled by it. In October 2022, Moscow announced the annexation of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Lugansk and Kherson regions of Ukraine. From the point of view of Russian legislation, these regions are Russian (Kyiv and the international community do not recognize this).