Go to the media bankState Duma deputy from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet. File photoSIMFEROPOL, Sep 25Referendums in the Donbass and the liberated territories are a process of a «great exodus» of Russian lands from Ukraine, State Duma deputy from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet told RIA Novosti. with their territories. This is fair and just in relation to people. The Kyiv regime should have no complaints about holding referendums. Today, the great exodus of historically Russian lands from Ukraine began. Lands that are returning back to Russia,» Sheremet emphasized.
In the Zaporozhye region, they told about the turnout in two days of the referendum According to him, there is no doubt that Russia will support the choice of the peoples living in the Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. «Russia, unlike Western countries, respects the rights of peoples to self-determination,» concluded Sheremet. On Friday, a referendum on joining Russia started in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Voting will continue until September 27, inclusive. The public has applied to the authorities of the regions with the initiative to conduct it immediately. According to representatives of the republics and regions, joining Russia will secure their territories and restore historical justice. In their opinion, this decision is necessary in the face of constant acts of terror by the nationalist Kyiv regime and NATO members who supply weapons to kill civilians. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would support the decision that the inhabitants of the liberated territories would take. The ballot contains one question: about the withdrawal of the region from Ukraine, the formation of an independent state and its entry into Russia. vote in a referendum for a better future
