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Being a descendant of a slave is not a proxy for race, they said, because not all enslaved people were Black, and not all Black Americans are descended from slaves.

A Commission spokesperson said she had "seen first hand the every day threats from Russia and its proxies" during the tour.

It was in 2014 that Putin seized Crimea and Russian proxies grabbed part of eastern Ukraine.

Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, occupying the Crimean peninsula in a stealth operation and funding an attack on the eastern region of Donbas using proxy forces.

Critics believe the junta will use the polls to maintain its power through proxy political parties.