Go to the media bankPreparing for the referendum. File photoDONETSK, Sep 22 More than a thousand residents of the Donetsk People's Republic have registered as observers for the referendum on joining Russia, said Alexander Kofman, chairman of the DPR Public Chamber.»A total of 450 polling stations, two or three observers each to the polling station, in total — more than a thousand observers provided by the Public Chamber (DPR — ed.). These are representatives of public movements, just civil activists, these are those who applied to the Public Chamber with a desire to participate in the electoral process as an observer,» he said RIA Novosti Kofman. According to the Public Chamber of the DPR, this figure does not include international observers. On September 19, the Public Chambers of the DPR and LPR appealed to the heads of the republics Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik with the initiative to immediately hold referendums on joining Russia. The next day, the authorities of the DPR and LPR announced that the referendum would be held from September 23 to 27. Also on September 20, the administrations of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions announced plans to hold referendums on the same dates. As representatives of the regions emphasized, joining Russia would 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. />More than 1.5 million ballots were printed in the DPR for the referendum
