As the state-occupant, Russia is not allowed to involve population of the occupied territories into its national elections. It will be clear violation of the international law and legislation of Ukraine. \u00abElections\u00bb and \u00abelected members of parliament\u00bb will be recognized as illegal and illegitimate. Organizers of \u00abelections\u00bb will face international sanctions whereas active participants of this international crime will be brought to criminal responsibility. While registering as participants of illegal \u00abelections\u00bb, they provide documentary evidence of their illegal activity. <\/strong><\/p>\n Russia defined the 10th<\/sup> of September, 2023 as the \u00absingle voting day\u00bb in the country, including occupied territory of four Ukrainian regions. Elections of local \u00abgovernors\u00bb as well as \u00abparliaments\u00bb will be conducted there. However, the procedure has not been yet determined. Kremlin and the Russian State Duma try to reform its electoral legislation and \u00abintegrate\u00bb occupied territories into Russian political and legal system. Last draft laws stipulate that residents of \u00abnew regions\u00bb will be able to vote with the passport of the Russian Federation as well as with other identification document. Introduction of the substitute of Russian passport is explained by the unwillingness of Ukrainians to receive passports of aggressor-state.<\/p>\n Chasing voters <\/strong><\/p>\n Last month occupation administrations increased their pressure on residents of the occupied South to receive Russian passports. Many people compare them with Nazi Ausweis. People are stopped at checkpoints, not given social assistance and pensions (see our article \u00abTake Ausweis or die<\/a>\u00bb) without Russian passports. Occupants threaten not to issue school certificates to children of non-citizens of the Russian Federation.\u00a0<\/p>\n In March, \u00abgovernor\u00bb of Kherson region Saldo reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation directed its personnel from Russian regions to accelerate the issuance of Russian passports as there has been insufficient number of local collaborators.<\/p>\n Occupation administration of Zaporizhzhia region introduced \u00abtravelling teams of passport officers\u00bb. The \u00abgovernor\u00bb Yevhen Balytsky openly admits that the hurry is caused by expected September elections: \u00abWe need to conduct elections in September. People need passports to participate in elections. There are no restrictions. I hope that up to 50% of population will have Russian passports by this summer. Up to 80% will have them by September. This is our goal\u00bb.<\/p>\n The goal of Volodymyr Saldo, the \u00abgovernor\u00bb of the occupied part of Kherson region, is to have 150 thousand residents of region with Russian passports. However, there are not so many people on the occupied part of Kherson region! Moscow decided to solve this problem by amending legislation: the draft law proposed to allow voting stations beyond boundaries of occupied regions. More to that, local \u00abgovernors\u00bb will be given the right to determine their own electoral procedures, different from the Russian federal legislation. The draft law justifies it by the need to secure the safety of voters.<\/p>\n Occupation \u00abauthorities\u00bb do not disclose exact number of voters on occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. It has been legitimized by the special order of the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation from December 2022. The order allows not defining exact number of voters in subjects of the Russian Federation under martial law.<\/p>\n Local offices of the Russian political parties are quickly registered on the occupied territory.<\/p>\n Russian political party \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regional offices of party \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb were registered the first in the Russian State Register in December 2022. Galyna Danylchenko<\/strong>, close friend of \u00abZaporizhzhia governor\u00bb Yevhen Balytsky and the head of occupation administration of Melitopol, was appointed as the head of Zaporizhzhia regional office of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb.<\/p>\n As Zaporizhzhia collaborators reported, there were 16 local offices of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb in cities and rural districts as of March 2023. They also report about preparation of preliminary voting or party \u00abprimaries\u00bb used in the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n \u00abGovernor\u00bb of Melitopol city Galyna Danylchenko manages Zaporizhzhia regional office of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb. Photo: telegram channel of Galyna Danylchenko<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Zaporizhzhia regional office of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb is registered in Melitopol at the following address: Bohdan Khmelnytsky avenue, 10. Trade center \u00abFoxtrot\u00bb was located there before the Russian occupation. In July 2022, occupants opened there \u00abhumanitarian center\u00bb, later renamed into \u00abCenter of assistance of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb.<\/p>\n \u00abHumanitarian assistance\u00bb, given by party \u00abvolunteers\u00bb to local residents, children\u2019s house in Kalynivka village, and Russian troops in occupied Zaporizhzhia region, has been used as the main campaigning argument of the Russian occupation administration.<\/p>\n \u00abCenter of assistance of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb in occupied Melitopol. Photo: RIA Novosti<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Russian occupants failed to find local collaborator for the head of Kherson regional office of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb. Russian citizen Igor Kastikevich, member of the Russian State Duma, has been appointed as its head. Since Russian occupation, he has actively travelled around occupied Kherson region as party \u00absupervisor\u00bb of the region. He made careers in the Russian Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and then joined Council of State Policy to Protect Family and Children under the President of Russia. The Council is headed by infamous Maria Lvova-Belova<\/a>, the abductor of Ukrainian children. Kastukevich accompanied her during all her visits to occupied Kherson region. He organized deportation of children-orphans from Kherson children\u2019s hospital.<\/p>\n Igor Kastukevich, member of the Russian State Duma<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Communist Party of the Russian Federation <\/strong><\/p>\n Zaporizhzhia regional office of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is headed by Crimean collaborator Oleg Slusarenko<\/a>, former member of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea of Ukraine. He was accused of state treason<\/a> and breaching territorial integrity of Ukraine for organizing 2014 Russian \u00abreferendum\u00bb in Crimea.<\/p>\n Oleg Slusarenko is the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on the occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Before the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014, he has been among leaders of the Crimean office of \u00abUkrainian Choice\u00bb political force created by Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, close Putin\u2019s friend. He participated in rallies supporting Russian occupation of Crimea and in the organization of illegal \u00abreferendum\u00bb. However, he has not been further promoted by Russian occupants in Crimea and received Russian grants for his \u00abpatriotic\u00bb projects. After the Russian occupation of Kherson region, he appeared in Genichesk as the representative of \u00abcity mayor\u2019s office\u00bb<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zaporizhzhia regional office of the Russian Communist is registered in Melitopol at Robocha street, 7. It has been used by the Ukrainian Communist party before it has been banned in Ukraine.<\/p>\n Russian communists are more visible in occupied Kherson region. Born in Russian Uljanovsk, Russian citizen Ramil Zamaletdinov<\/strong><\/a> is heading their regional office. He has been promoted by Aleksey Kurinnoi, member of the Russian State Duma from the Russian Communist party.<\/p>\n It is surprising that Yuri Romaskevych<\/strong>, former chief sanitary officer of Kherson region and ardent communist, has not been appointed to this position. He was accused<\/a> of the state treason.<\/p>\n Ramil Zamaletdinov (indicated by arrow) at the meeting of \u00abKherson regional office of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation\u00bb. Photo: t.me\/kherson_bez_rusni<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Collaborator Oleksandr Ponomarev, former head of Strilkove local community, also joined the Russian Communist party. As telegram channel Genishesk.ua reported, his wife Larysa Ponomaryova has been appointed by occupants as \u00abpassport officer\u00bb of the community. She actively forces community residents to receive Russian passports on the eve of September \u00abelections\u00bb.<\/p>\n In accordance with the Russian State Register, Kherson followers of Zuganov, the leader of Russian communists, were registered in Genichesk at Druzhba narodiv street, 66. Before the Russian occupation, this building hosted driving school of the Association to Support Defense of Ukraine.<\/p>\n Liberal Democratic Party of Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n Zaporizhzhia regional office of Russian Liberal Democrats was registered in the Russian State Register in March 2023. 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