Member of the International Affairs Committee of the Federation Council Sergei Tsekov. Archival photo MOSCOW, June 7 Residents of Kherson and Zaporozhye are pro-Russian, if negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv take place, these sentiments must be taken into account, Senator from Crimea Sergei Tsekov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. Earlier, Izvestia wrote, that in the new agreement with Ukraine, if Kyiv makes contact with Moscow, the status of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions will not be discussed, just as the issue with Crimea and Donbass is closed for Moscow.
More than 70,000 applications for Russian passports have been submitted in the Zaporozhye region»I am at a festival in Yalta, there is a delegation from the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. We communicate,» the politician said. He stressed that the majority of the inhabitants of these regions are pro-Russian, and in possible negotiations with Kyiv, this position should be taken into account. At the same time, Tsekov believes, Kyiv will verbally fight for the southeast. «They definitely will not agree either with the Donbass (with the status of Donbass), or with the new regions,» he said. At the same time, according to the legislator, peace negotiations are always possible, including «with the condition of the complete surrender of Ukraine.» 
Kherson region will continue integration with Russia, the administration said
