Ukraine is scheduled to hold local elections throughout the country (except the Russian-occupied territories) on October 25—the first such elections since the advent of a Western-oriented Ukrainian government.
Under Ukrainian laws, passed in March (and corresponding with international law), elections of Ukraine may not be held in territories of Ukraine not controlled by the government of Ukraine but that are, instead, under the control of foreign military forces and the nominees of a foreign power (Rada.ua, March 17, 18).
Moscow, Berlin, Paris and, apparently, Washington, however, are urging Kyiv to agree with the staging of local elections in “certain areas of the …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation