Go to media bankMOSCOW, Sep 20An honest and open vote will consolidate de jure once and for all what is already known de facto: Donbass and the liberated territories are Russia, said Andrei Turchak, Secretary of the United Russia General Council. An honest and open vote will de jure fix its results once and for all. De facto, Donbass and the liberated territories are already Russia,» Turchak was quoted in the party's press service. He clarified that joining Russia is what Donbass sought for eight years: in May 2014, residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics queued for hours at polling stations to vote — they wanted to become part of Russia. «No one could have thought then that there were 8 long years of war ahead, endless shelling by Ukrainian Nazis and killings of civilians. The NVO clearly showed who is the mother of this land and these people, and who is the stepmother. The fate of Donbass, the fate of the liberated territories is to be together with Russia, to be an integral part of it. People there want it, they really expect it and believe that it will happen,» the Secretary of the General Council of United Russia emphasized. immediately hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation. The appeal is currently under consideration by the heads of the DPR and LPR. On Tuesday, the Public Council of the Kherson region addressed the head of the region with the same proposal. As representatives of the regions emphasized in their appeals, joining the Russian Federation will secure their territories and restore historical justice. In their opinion, this decision is extremely necessary in the context of constant acts of terror by the nationalist authorities of Ukraine and NATO members who supply weapons to kill civilians. The head of the regional administration, Vladimir Saldo, later announced that the authorities had decided to hold a referendum. The National Congress of Citizens of the Zaporozhye Region also asked for a referendum.
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