Go to the media bankUnited Nations building in New York. File photoUN, Oct 13Hungary and Serbia were among those who voted in the UN General Assembly for an anti-Russian resolution that does not recognize referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. In addition, the document was supported by such partners of Russia as Brazil, Nauru. For obvious reasons, for the resolution was voted by the United States, Britain, Ukraine, the Baltic countries, as well as 133 other countries. A two-thirds vote of those who voted for and against was required to pass the resolution. Abstentions and those who did not vote were not counted. Russia, Belarus, North Korea, SAR, Nicaragua opposed. Thirty-five countries abstained, and ten, including Iran and Azerbaijan, refused to vote. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya called the draft resolution provocative.Russia regrets that the head of the UN General Assembly helped the West in blackmail, Nebenzya said at gunpoint «Today, a politicized and openly provocative document has been presented, which not only ignores all these facts (on turnout, percentage of votes and recognition of referendums by foreign observers. — Note ed. ), but it also contains a confrontational charge that can undermine any efforts in favor of a diplomatic resolution of the crisis in Ukraine,» he stressed. Deputy Representative Dmitry Polyansky also criticized the results of the vote. collusion with the chairman of the General Assembly. Only by such methods can the West force a wider circle of UN members to «support Ukraine». This is very bad for the UN and this is a sensitive blow for world diplomacy,» the diplomat said.
Nebenzia called the situation with voting in the UN General Assembly an example of double standardsVoting At the end of September, the United States and Albania put to a vote in the UN Security Council a draft resolution, the authors of which called on all countries, international organizations and specialized structures not to recognize the change in the status of the «Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions Ukraine», as well as their accession to Russia. In addition, Moscow was required to immediately withdraw troops from Ukraine, and also condemned it for «organizing referendums» and «annexing» the DPR, LPR, Kherson region and Zaporozhye. Russia vetoed the draft resolution. Ten countries supported the document, four abstained, including China and India. On Monday, Russia asked for a secret ballot on the resolution. As Nebenzia explained, this would reduce the number of states supporting the project, as it would not reflect which country voted for which decision. Nevertheless, the General Assembly did not support this proposal. four regions from 23 to 27 September. In the DPR, this proposal was supported by 99.23 percent of the voters, in the LPR — 98.42 percent, in the Kherson region — 87.05 percent, in the Zaporozhye region — 93.11 percent. into Russia. The documents were signed by Vladimir Putin and the heads of the regions: Denis Pushilin, Leonid Pasechnik, Yevgeny Balitsky and Vladimir Saldo. Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye
