Go to the media bankA woman votes at the LPR referendum at a polling station in Yekaterinburg. File photoLUHANSK, Sep 25Nearly 270,000 residents of the republic voted in the polling stations on the territory of the Russian Federation in the referendum on joining the LPR to Russia, Svetlana Kirsanova, chairman of the foreign commission of the CEC of the LPR in the Russian Federation, told reporters on Sunday. — 73,174 voted, 110,754 voted on the second day, and today is the third day of voting — 85,916 (those who voted in the territory of the Russian Federation — ed.),» Kirsanova said. The referendum on joining Russia started on September 23 in Donetsk and Luhansk 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 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 Ukrainian authorities and NATO members, who supply weapons to kill civilians. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia will support the decision, which will be made by the residents of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
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