Go to mediabankForeign observers follow the vote count after the polling station in Melitopol closed. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 28Foreign observers from France, the Netherlands and Italy spoke about their impressions of the referendum both on the territory of the Russian Federation and in the republics of Donbass: none of them noticed any violations. «I was in Rostov-on-Don and watched some polling stations there, and I can say that everything was transparent, the voting was carried out properly, there was nothing unusual, everything went very smoothly, it was a democratic procedure. Nobody was forced to vote,” said independent journalist from the Netherlands Sonia van den Jende during the round table in the press center of the Rossiya Segodnya media group.Turchak thanked all members of election commissions and observers for their work. She noted that Western media write that people were allegedly forced to vote at the referendum, but in reality no one was forced to go to the polling stations, and the soldiers only guarded their safety. «I also saw how they visited the elderly to give them the opportunity to vote at home, and they were happy that they were given such an opportunity. Everything was carried out at a very high level, «added the journalist. Xavier Bernard, an independent political analyst from France Moreau Russia, as well as in the DPR, said that Kyiv continued to shell Donetsk during the voting, which made it dangerous for people to gather. «I saw the voting … refugees, everything happened the same as in France, everything was in order. .. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, I didn't see any soldiers because there was no threat. Everything was as usual. It was different in the DPR because of the shelling, Kyiv uses HIMARS, before supplied by Western partners. It is dangerous for people to gather together, so mobile voting stations were organized there, and everything was organized very clearly,» the observer said.Yesterday, 17:54 Counting votes in referendums on joining RussiaItalian diplomat, founder of the International Diplomatic Observatory, registered with the UN NGO Social and Economic Department, diplomat Vito Grittani also said that the voting took place in accordance with international standards. established voting processes, there were no cases of refusal to issue ballots at any of the polling stations visited, no cases of issuing ballots without presenting a passport or equivalent document, and there were no problems with access to the polling place. and pressure on referendum participants, citizens' misunderstanding of the voting procedure,» the diplomat said. He noted that the only exception was cases when people filled out a ballot outside the booth, demonstrating their choice, but only because they themselves wanted it. The West, not recognizing the refer proposals to join Russia, shows double standards, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation Vasily Nebenzia pointed out to the UN Security Council, recalling the recognition of Kosovo. There are other examples in history of the recognition by the West of the separation and annexation of territories without the consent of the states to which they belonged. Texas seceded from Mexico in 1836 and then became part of the United States; in 1990 and 1991, Slovenia and Croatia held referendums on independence from Yugoslavia without the consent of its authorities and were recognized; in 1991, referendums on independence from the USSR were held in Estonia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan — against the will of the Soviet leadership and the entire Soviet people, who spoke in an all-Union referendum in favor of preserving the Union; and during the unification of the FRG and the GDR, no one asked the opinion of the population at all — the absorption of East Germany by West passed without a referendum.12:05 «Forever with Russia!»: flash mob in Luhansk At the same time, the results of referendums within the Western countries themselves are ignored. In 2017, 90% of the inhabitants of the autonomy voted for the independence of Catalonia from Spain, after which Madrid began large-scale repressions against supporters of independence. At the end of 2017, the inhabitants of the Italian Veneto and Lombardy demanded greater autonomy from Rome in referendums, but the process of granting new powers from the central authorities stalled. Referendums on the issue of joining Russia were held from September 23 to 27 in the Donetsk and also in Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. According to the results of processing 100% of the ballots in the DPR, 99.23% of those who voted for joining the Russian Federation, in the LPR — 98.42%, in the Kherson region — 87.05%, in the Zaporozhye region — 93.11%. referenda, the public appealed to the authorities of the regions. 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 Ukrainian authorities and NATO members, who supply weapons to kill civilians. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 21 that Russia will support the decision that will be made by the residents of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. referendums in the LPR, DPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions
