The Council has decided to adopt restrictive measures against 77 individuals who were involved in the illegal so-called ‘elections’ for the Russian State Duma, held in September 2026 in the territories of Ukraine that Russia has temporarily and illegally occupied.

The European Union has unequivocally condemned the organisation of these so-called ‘elections’ in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, which breaches Ukrainian and international law, including the UN Charter, and undermines Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.

For more details, please refer to the relevant press release here