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The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation has said it will make a decision by 12 December on whether the four regions of Ukraine that the Russian Federation claimed to annex last year will take part in the 2024 Russian presidential election.
Interfax quotes the head of the commission, Ella Pamfilova, saying:
Having weighed all the pros and cons, we will make such a decision. If we accept it, then the next step will be to adopt the procedure for holding elections there; of course, it will be somewhat different, as the law provides for this, from voting in other constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
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