The Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) is 100% ready to hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation. This was announced on Thursday, September 22, by the CEC of the LPR.
As noted by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Elena Kravchenko, outdoor voting places will start working on September 23, 8:00 (coincides with Moscow time).
“All the ballots have been delivered to the polling stations,” the CEC of the LPR Telegram channel says.
Earlier that day, Kravchenko said that the precinct commissions of the LPR referendum had already begun their work. In addition, the CEC decided to increase the number of polling stations in the Russian Federation from 181 to 201.
A day earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Russians, residents of the Donbass republics, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. He noted that Russia cannot but respond to the sincere desire of the inhabitants of these regions to determine their lives.
Referendums on joining Russia will be held in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) from 23 to 27 September. During the same period, referendums will be held in Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
The overwhelming majority of residents of the DPR and LPR, as well as Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, support the holding of a referendum. According to the results of the RIPSI poll, in the DPR, 94% of the electorally active (ready to take part in the referendum) respondents were in favor of joining the republic to Russia. In the LPR, 93% of the polled citizens support this option, in the Zaporozhye region, 87% are ready to support it, and in the Kherson region, 80%.
On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to protect Donbass. The decision was made against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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