On 23–27 September, ‘referendums’ on the annexation of four Ukrainian regions to Russia were held in the occupied territories in Ukraine. They were organised in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (Donetsk oblast; DPR), the Luhansk People’s Republic (Luhansk oblast; LPR) and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts of Ukraine, as well as in the Russian Federation. According to the ‘results’ reported by the Russian authorities on 28 September, the overwhelming majority of those eligible took part and voted for annexation. …read more
Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)
