The Russian foreign ministry has summoned the Australian envoy in Moscow to complain about a social media post condemning the holding of Russian presidential elections in parts of Ukraine Moscow claims to have annexed.
Russia held voting in its presidential election in Ukrainian territories it says are now parts of Russia, including Crimea, and parts of four regions it seized following its 2022 invasion.
In a statement on the Telegram messaging service, the Australian embassy wrote: “The holding of the vote on the territory of Ukraine is a flagrant violation of international law”.
Russia’s foreign ministry has now said it has summoned the envoy, strongly protested and demanded the embassy take the message down.
Vladimir Putin won 87% of the vote in the election held on 15-17 March.
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