According to Russian media, the “referendum” may take place in the near future.
The head of the illegal armed group “Luhansk People's Republic” Leonid Pasechnik announced plans to hold a “referendum” on the entry of “LPR” into Russia, according to “Interfax” .
According to RIA Novosti , the referendum may take place in the near future.
“I think that in the near future a referendum will be held on the territory of the republic, in which the people will exercise their absolute constitutional right and express their opinion on joining the Russian Federation. For some reason, I am sure that this is exactly what will happen, “Pasechnik was quoted as saying by TASS .
We will remind that according to the similar scheme, having carried out a pseudo-referendum in the territory of the Ukrainian Crimea, in 2014 Russia annexed the peninsula.
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Part of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions have been under occupation by terrorists, who have proclaimed the “Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics” there (“LPR” and “DPR”) since 2014. For almost eight years, Russia has been supplying terrorists with weapons and sending troops to control them, but has said that “there are no Russian troops in the Donbas.” In addition, residents of the territory of ORDLO were actively forced to issue Russian passports.
On February 21, 2022, the situation became clearer: Russian President Vladimir Putin after an hour-long “address to the nation”, in which his hatred of the very fact of Ukraine's existence was observed, signed a decree recognizing the independence of “DPR” and “LPR” and agreements with each of them on cooperation in the field of defense, after which on the territory of the occupied part of Donbass already Russian military equipment entered openly, and on February 24, a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began, killing more than a thousand civilians, including more than 100 children. Terrorists demand to “return” to them all territory of Donetsk and Luhansk areas.
Read more about what Putin's decision means in Tatiana Silina 's article “Recognition of LNR / DNR: Putin's victory or loss and what does it mean for Ukraine?”
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