On 3 Oct 2022, he voted in favour of the ratification of treaties and adoption of laws on the accession of the Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to the Russian Federation.
As a Member of the State Duma, he supported the ratification of the government decisions on the ‘“Treaties of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and between the Russian Federation and the “Luhansk People’s Republic”’.
Elected on 18 Sep 2016 as a Duma deputy from the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula and on 19 Sep 2021 as a Member of the State Duma, elected from the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption.
On 15 Feb 2022, Sheremet supported, in the State Duma, the resolution asking the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to recognise Ukrainian regions Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.
Former so-called “First Deputy Prime Minister” of Crimea. Sheremet played a key role in the organisation and implementation of the 16 Mar 2014 referendum in Crimea on unification with Russia. At the time of the referendum, Sheremet reportedly commanded the pro-Moscow “self-defence forces” in Crimea. He has therefore supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.