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France not to recognize Russian elections held in occupied Ukrainian territories
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Ukrinform [en] · Eastern Europe
France does not recognize the holding or results of sham elections organized by Russia in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and says the parliamentary elections held inside Russia itself did not meet the criteria for free and democratic voting.
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