Four Ukrainian territories that the Kremlin claimed to have acquired last year will host Russian presidential elections, which are expected to see Vladimir Putin re-elected, Moscow announced on Monday.
The Central Elections Commission, according to Russian news agencies, said voting in March would go ahead in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions that Russia claimed to have annexed in 2022, despite not having full military control over them.
The election will be held over a three-day period from March 15 to 17, a move that Kremlin critics have argued makes guaranteeing transparency more difficult.
