The press service of the Prosecutor's Office OF the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol reports, Ukrinform reports.
It is noted that the suspects voluntarily passed the procedure of registration of candidates for deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the pro-Kremlin party "United Russia".
According to the prosecutor's office, during the election campaign, they actively conducted public campaigning and called on residents of the peninsula to participate in illegal voting. And in September 2026, the suspects officially acquired the status of "deputies" of the legislative body of the aggressor country and began to exercise their "powers".
Thus, they contributed to the spread of the occupation regime on the Ukrainian peninsula, as well as its integration into the political field of the aggressor state.