MOSCOW, March 18 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law on giving federal significance to cultural heritage sites located on the territory of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the document is published on the portal of legal information.
According to this law, a decision is made to classify objects of cultural heritage that were in these territories on the day they were accepted into the Russian Federation as objects of cultural heritage of federal significance.
“The adoption of the law will create conditions for ensuring the safety of cultural heritage sites and cultural values of the new constituent entities of the Russian Federation,” the Federation Council committee on science, education and culture said in its conclusion.
Referendums on the entry of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into the Russian Federation were held on September 23-27, 2022. 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%. On September 30, Putin spoke in the Kremlin following the results of referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, after which he signed agreements with their heads on the admission of regions into Russia.