<img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2023/12/08/0/23/7503/5002/1440/960/60/0/9d78c14_5066092-01-06.jpg" alt="Inline image" width="100%" height="auto"> <p class="article__paragraph ">Presidential elections in Russia that are likely to see Vladimir Putin re-elected will be held in four Ukrainian regions that the Kremlin claimed to have annexed last year, Moscow said on Monday, December 11.</p> <p class="article__paragraph ">The Central Elections Commission, according to Russian news agencies, said voting in March would go ahead in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – regions that Russia claimed to have annexed in 2022, despite not having full military control over them.</p> <section class="catcher catcher--favoris"> <div class="catcher__content"><span class="catcher__title catcher__title--hide">Read more</span><span class="catcher__desc"> <span class="icon__premium"><span class="sr-only">Article réservé à nos abonnés</span></span> <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/russia/article/2023/12/09/putin-running-in-the-2024-russian-election-as-protector-of-the-nation-against-the-west_6325769_140.html" class="js-article-read-also catcher--favoris__link" data-premium="1">Putin runs for re-election as protector of Russia against the West</a> </span> </div> </section> <section class="author"> <p class="author__detail"> <span class="author__name">Le Monde with AFP</span> </p> </section> 

Moscow said that it would be holding Russian presidential elections in Ukrainian regions Russia claimed to have annexed.{ai:summary}<p>Presidential elections in Russia, likely re-electing Putin, to be held in four Ukrainian regions claimed by Russia in 2022. #ukraine</p>

Russia to hold presidential vote in occupied Ukraine

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