Go to mediabankA portable ballot box for the referendum on joining Russia in Melitopol. File photoMELITOPOL, Sep 23John Keiler Jimenez, an observer at the referendum in the Zaporozhye region from Venezuela, said that people are free to express their opinion on it, noting that the turnout is expected to be higher than expected. «We just arrived and met with the chairman of the commission, and she spoke about the details of the process. People freely they can express their opinion … We were told the targeted voting, and on the 27th there will be voting at the polling stations, and then we will have the opportunity to see everything. But the turnout is already expected to be more than expected,» the observer told a RIA Novosti correspondent.
In the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, they spoke about the expectations from the referendumHe added that in Venezuela they respect the fact that in the liberated territories people have the opportunity of free choice. to 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 27. The public has applied to the regional authorities with the initiative to immediately hold referendums. According to the 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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