Sweden does not recognize results of Russian elections in Crimea
Sweden will not recognize the election results of the Russian State Duma, which were held in the annexed Crimea. This was posted by the Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Twitter.
“We condemn Russia’s actions with regard to the elections of the State Duma in the illegally annexed Crimea. We do not recognize those who will be “elected” in the Crimea,” Wallström said.
Newly appointed US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, said that Washington also does not recognize the elections.
President Petro Poroshenko had previously urged the countries of the “Big Seven” and the European Union not to recognize the legitimacy of the parliamentary elections in Russia, which Moscow subsequently held in the occupied Crimea and Sevastopol.
Romania, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania had also previously discussed the non-recognition of the Russian elections in the Crimea.