Referendums on joining Russia will be held in four occupied regions of Ukraine later this month.
The Russian government's Tass news agency reported on Tuesday that the LPR has set a"referendum on joining Russia" for September 23 to 27. Denis Pushilin, head of the DPR, has said a referendum will be scheduled on the same dates. The two pro-Russia separatist republics broke away from Kyiv in 2014 following Putin's annexation of Crimea and were partially occupied by Russia that year.
In her Facebook post, Simonyan suggested that recognizing the eastern regions as belonging to Russia would allow Moscow to more easily threaten"An immediate referendum—it is a Crimean scenario, and it's all-in," wrote Simonyan, referring to the annexation of Crimea following a referendum that had been criticized by U.S.
"It is important that after amendments to the Constitution of our state, not a single future leader of Russia, not a single official will be able to reverse these decisions," Medvedev said. Meanwhile, Russian-language independent news outlet Meduza cited two sources close to the Kremlin that said referendums will also be held in the Russian-occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, from September 23 to 27.
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