General elections were held on 11 November 2018 by theDonetsk andLuhansk People's Republics.[1] As a result of awar that started in April 2014, these internationally unrecognised entities control parts of theDonetsk andLuhansk oblasts in easternUkraine, which are together called theDonbas region. They previously heldelections in 2014. Voters were asked to elect the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic and Head of the Luhansk People's Republic as well as the deputies for two parliaments: thePeople's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic with 100 seats, and thePeople's Council of the Luhansk People's Republic with 50 seats.
Acting head of the LPRLeonid Pasechnik won 68.3% of votes, and acting DPR headDenis Pushilin won 60.85% of votes. In parliamentary elections, the "Mir Luganschine" (Peace for Luhansk) movement won 74.13% of votes in LPR, while the "Donetsk Republic" won 72.5% of votes in the DPR.[2][better source needed]
Neither theEuropean Union nor theUnited States recognized the elections, which they said violate the terms of theMinsk Protocol.[3] Ukraine's PresidentPetro Poroshenko called the elections “illegal and represent yet another example ofRussian subversive activity.”[3] Russian government spokesmanDmitry Peskov acknowledged Russia had influence on the region's leaders but said “it is not unlimited.”[3]
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