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DONETSK, Sep 23 Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin voted on Friday in a referendum on joining composition of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Pushilin voted in one of the local areas where the visiting commission worked. The referendum on joining Russia started on Friday in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Voting will continue for five days, until September 27th. The public addressed the regional authorities with the initiative to immediately hold referendums. According to representatives of the republics and regions, joining Russia 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. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would support the decision to be taken by the residents of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson region.
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