(Bloomberg) -- Russia is wrapping up local elections in the four Ukrainian regions — Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson — which Moscow annexed a year ago in illegal referendums. The ballots, which the US has denounced as a “sham” that violates the UN Charter, are appended to annual Russian elections in 85 regions for range of municipal and local offices. Russia’s ruling party is likely to dominate those votes in a dry run for President Vladimir Putin’s reelection bid next year. Most Read