At a joint briefing with the Vice President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, President Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine does not recognize the election for the President of Russia in the territory of the annexed Crimea and will impose sanctions against the organizers.

The President called on the EU to do likewise and impose restrictions on the organizers of the election.

“In the context of the Russian presidential elections next Sunday, I made it clear that Ukraine does not …

The European Union has extended restrictive measures against 150 citizens and 38 Russian companies until September 15, 2018, as indicated in a statement issued on Monday by the European Council.

“The EU Council has extended measures for actions that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, for another six months,” the statement said.

It was noted that an assessment of the situation did not justify a change in the sanctions regime.

“Other EU …

During an interview with Channel 112, Chariman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov said that Crimean Tatars will boycott the presidential elections in Russia which will be held in the Crimea next Sunday.

"The truth is that many people won’t come. The overwhelming majority of the Crimean Tatars will again boycott these elections," he said.

Therefore, Chubarov asserted, propagandistic resources in the Crimea are already preparing to show the opposite picture.

"From early …