Ucrania pide a la comunidad internacional no reconocer las elecciones a la Duma de Rusia
La Verjovna Rada、鱼 Ukraine's parliament, adopted on 29 October Resolution No. 16091, calling on the international community not to recognize the results or legitimacy of the Russian State Duma elections for its ninth convocation. The appeal particularly addresses voting held in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and was approved by 250 members of parliament.
Puntos clave
- La Verkhovna Rada aprobó el 29 de octubre la Resolución n.º 16091, con 250 votos.
- La resolución pide no reconocer la legitimidad ni los resultados de las elecciones a la Duma de Rusia de noveno convocatoria.
- El Directory International community includes the UN, the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM, and national leaders, parliaments, and governments.
- The elections to the ninth State Duma took place on 18–20 September 2026.
- Russia included the Ukrainian-controlled cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Sviatohirsk in a Russian electoral district.
- The appeal asks international actors not to recognize voting results in occupied Ukrainian territories or any mandates, decisions, or consequences arising from them.
- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called the elections fictitious and illegitimate, and the Council of the EU added 77 people to its sanctions list.
Por qué importa
The resolution aims to prevent international recognition of the new State Duma composition and of voting results recorded in occupied Ukrainian territories. It calls on international institutions and governments not to recognize the legitimacy of the elections or the mandates of new Russian parliamentary delegations, and to avoid official engagement with the new Duma except on urgent humanitarian matters. It also frames voting under occupation as a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and international law that must not be used to legitimize occupation.
Qué ha ocurrido
On 29 October, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada adopted Resolution No. 16091, appealing to the international community not to recognize the results and legitimacy of the Russian State Duma elections for its ninth convocation. 250 members of parliament voted in favor. The appeal was addressed to the United Nations, the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM, and to heads of state, parliaments, and governments worldwide. The resolution states that voting in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories violates Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and that Russia has no international legal basis for extending its electoral process or using the results to form its state bodies. It calls on international partners not to recognize any voting results recorded by Russia in the occupied territories, nor any mandates, decisions, or other consequences of that voting, and not to use the new Duma's composition as a democratic basis for confirming the representative character of Russian authorities. The resolution also urges restraint in official interaction with the new Duma except for urgent humanitarian contacts.
Cómo lo cuentan las fuentes ucranianas
Ukrainian coverage centers on the parliamentary resolution, its approval by 250 deputies and the breadth of the international appeal. The legal and political rationale focuses on Russian voting in occupied Ukrainian territory, its implications for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the absence of lawful grounds for extending Russian jurisdiction. Ukrainian officials describe the election as a farce and emphasize that voting under occupation, military presence, coercion, persecution, and imposed citizenship cannot create Russian rights over Ukrainian territory.
Cómo lo cuentan las fuentes internacionales
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe declared the 18–20 September elections fictitious and illegitimate because of, among other reasons, the suppression of political opposition. The German government called the three-day vote a staged event, while Estonia's foreign minister described it as a political spectacle. The Council of the EU added 77 people to its sanctions list in connection with the illegal voting in occupied Ukrainian territories. International scrutiny also covered disruptions to voting in Russian regions, including the relocation of a polling station in Krasnodar Krai after a drone damaged windows.
Dónde difieren las versiones
Sources differ on the number of people added to the EU sanctions list in connection with the Russian elections: most Ukrainian accounts report 77, while one reports 67.
Contexto
The Russian State Duma elections for its ninth convocation took place on 18–20 September 2026. The draft resolution was registered on 21 September and approved by the parliamentary committee on foreign policy and interparliamentary cooperation on 26 October. Russia included the Ukrainian-controlled cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Sviatohirsk in a Russian electoral district for local voting. The appeal's explanatory note says the Russian vote lacked real political competition, the persecution of opposition politicians, restrictions on free speech and independent media, and independent international observation. The party 'Yabloko' was excluded from participation in the federal elections in Russia.