To cement the Kremlin's authority, on June 15, 2023, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation reported that, on September 10, 2023, regional elections will be held in Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), as well as Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of Ukraine. However, these elections will have certain peculiarities. On