According to UNIAN, this is stated in the corresponding statement of the Rada, for which 322 people's deputies voted.

The Rada also called on parliaments of foreign states and international organizations to provide an assessment of the elections to the State Duma.

Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) opened a criminal case over the holding of elections to the Russian State Duma in Crimea.

Crimean senator Olga Kovitidi commented in an interview with RT on the statement of the secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Alexei Danilov, who announced sanctions against persons involved in organizing elections in Crimea.

Crimea became a Russian region following a March 2014 referendum in which most of the peninsula's residents voted for reunification with Russia.