For the first time, parliamentary elections will be held in the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR and LPR), as well as in the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye
Ella Pamfilova noted that many countries were looking at "whether Russia will stand firm or not; they are like idle onlookers, and such onlookers can be found not only abroad, but also within the country itself"