Go to the media bankRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his speech at a general political discussion at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN) in New York. File photoUN, Oct 13Ten countries did not take part in voting on the anti-Russian resolution in the UN General Assembly, which does not recognize referendums in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, including Iran, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Two-thirds of the votes were required for the adoption of the resolution of those who voted for and against. Abstentions and those who did not vote were not counted. 143 countries voted for the resolution, against were the Russian Federation, Belarus, North Korea, SAR, Nicaragua. 35 countries abstained.Nebenzya called the resolution in the UN General Assembly against the referendums provocative According to the results, the representatives of Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, El Salvador, Iran, Equatorial Guinea, Venezuela, Turkmenistan, Sao Tome and Principe refused to vote. Among the abstentions were China, India, Cuba, Algeria, Armenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bolivia, Central African Republic, South Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia and other states. Western countries have previously prepared a resolution that does not recognize referendums and calls on all countries, international organizations and UN specialized structures not to recognize the change in the status of «Lugansk , Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine». Also in the text there is a call not to recognize the accession of four regions to the Russian Federation. In addition, Moscow is being urged to immediately withdraw its forces from Ukraine. The document expresses «commitment to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.» Moscow is being condemned for allegedly «organizing referendums» and «attempting to annex» the DPR, LPR and two regions. Earlier, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that the United States and its allies conducted an unprecedented campaign of «arm-twisting» against poor countries to vote for resolution. On Monday, Russia asked for a secret ballot on the resolution, which would clearly reduce the number of countries supporting the project, as it would not reflect which country voted for which decision. However, the General Assembly did not support this proposal. On Tuesday, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the United States does not use the tactics of intimidating other countries before voting. />Polyansky commented on the results of voting in the UN General AssemblyReferendums on the entry of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into the Russian Federation were held on September 23-27. 99.23% of those who voted in the DPR, 98.42% in the LPR, 87.05% in the Kherson region, and 93.11% in the Zaporozhye region supported this decision. On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in the Kremlin following the results of the referendums, after which he signed agreements with the heads of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions on the admission of regions to Russia. Later, Putin signed federal laws ratifying the admission of these regions to the Russian Federation. UN Secretary General António Guterres stated that any decision to join the regions to Russia would have no legal force and deserve condemnation. In his opinion, such a decision «cannot be combined with the international legal framework», «is a dangerous escalation» and «should not be accepted.» Russian Federation Vasily Nebenzya, 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 took place without a referendum. 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. Russia regrets that the head of the UN General Assembly helped the West in blackmail, said Nebenzya
