Putin will appoint the governors of the four regions over the next ten days
The Council of the Russian Federation, the Upper House of Parliament, has unanimously ratified on Tuesday the annexation to Russia of the Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, partially occupied by Russian troops in the framework of the invasion released on February 24.
The decision of the senators has taken place in a plenary session held just one day after the State Duma, the Lower House, also unanimously ratified this annexation, approved last week by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
The treaties ratified by the Russian Parliament set the borders of these regions and contemplate that the regions in question become republics -in the case of Donetsk and Lugansk- and regions -in the case of Kherson and Zaporizhia-, all of them with chiefs of government that will receive the status of governor.
It will be precisely Putin who will appoint the governors of the four regions, which are located in eastern Ukraine, over the next ten days. Also, regional governments will be formed in accordance with current Russian legislation.
Both Ukraine and the international community have rejected Putin’s announcement and have insisted that both the annexation and the referendums held days before in these occupied areas lack legitimacy under International Law.
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