Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party Andrei Turchak. Archival photoMOSCOW, Aug 25Referendums on the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics will take place, this is the territory of Russia, said Secretary of the United Russia General Council Andrey Turchak.Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Western countries would never recognize the results of the referendums held on the «territory of Ukraine» on joining the Russian Federation. The United States also announced its intention not to recognize the referendums «on the territory of Ukraine» — such a statement was made by the American Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine. .jpg» />Leonid Slutsky commented on Zelensky's words about referendums»This is the territory of the Russian Federation, these are the regions of the Russian Federation. And they also have the right to be included in the implementation of the United Russia people's program,» Turchak said before a meeting of the working group to prepare changes to the the people's program of United Russia, proposing to implement all sections of the people's program and the party's initiatives on the territory of the DPR, LPR and the liberated territories of Ukraine.In February, Russia recognized the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, the LPR and the DPR expressed their desire to become part of Russia was declared in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, as Dmitry Pesko, press secretary of the President of Russia, emphasized c, the possible holding of referendums on joining the Russian Federation is the plans of the inhabitants of these regions, not Russia. Russia
