Britain imposed sanctions against Kurenkov and the Russian Central Election Commission

Officials from Crimea, the DPR and LPR, and the heads of the election commissions of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions were also included in the blacklists, which imply the freezing of assets. RUSSIA has repeatedly called sanctions illegal Alexander Kurenkov

The UK has expanded the sanctions list against Russia; the HEAD of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov, the Central Election Commission and the head of the central executive committee of United Russia Alexander Sidyakin were sanctioned . The updated list is published on the British government website.

British authorities believe that Kurenkov, who has the rank of lieutenant general, is involved in “destabilizing Ukraine or undermining its territorial integrity.”

The Central Election Commission came under sanctions due to holding elections in 2023 in new regions of Russia.

In addition, the restrictions included:

Secretary of the Central Election Commission of Russia Natalya Budarina; Minister of Justice of Crimea Oleg Shapovalov; and about. Deputy Head of the Government of the DPR Vladimir Ezhikov; First Deputy Head of the Administration of the Head of the LPR Igor Babkin; Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Zaporozhye region Viktor Emelianenko; head of the government of the Kherson region Andrey Alekseenko; head of the election commission of the Kherson region Marina Zakharova ; head of the electoral commission of the Zaporozhye region Galina Katyushchenko.

In Russia, from September 8 to 10, elections were held for heads of regions, deputies of regional legislative councils and local parliaments of regional centers, by-elections to the State Duma, as well as campaigns at the municipal level. Voting took place in 85 constituent entities of the Federation. Based on the results of counting 100% of the votes in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, United Russia gained more than 70% of the votes. In the elections to the regional Duma in the Kherson region, the party received 74.86%, in the Zaporozhye region - 83%. The EU condemned the elections in these regions and did not recognize their results; Britain's permanent representative to the UN, Barbara Woodward, also criticized the conduct of the vote.

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Moscow has repeatedly called for taking into account “the prevailing geopolitical realities,” including in the context of resolving the conflict in Ukraine . The Russian authorities have repeatedly called the sanctions illegal.