Members of the European Union and the international community should not recognize the results of the elections in Russia, where dictator Vladimir Putin declared himself the “winner,” according to the European Parliament’s page. The reason for this was the fact that the Russians held these elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Moreover, the electoral process within the Russian Federation was neither free nor fair. “This farcical performance by the Russian authorities had the single goal of creating the appearance of electoral legitimacy for Vladimir Putin, his policy of relentless …