Zaporozhye authorities will not change the name of the region when it joins Russia
SIMFEROPOL, September 23 – RIA Novosti. “We are with Russia,” said the head of the movement, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, intending to preserve its current name if the Zaporozhye region joins the Russian Federation as a new subject.
On Friday, September 23, a referendum on accession to Russia began in the Zaporozhye region. Voting will run for five days until September 27. There is a question on the ballot: about the withdrawal of the region from Ukraine, the establishment of an independent state and its entry into Russia.
“We plan to preserve the current name of the Zaporozhye region,” Rogov said. Said. At the same time, according to him, the option of the Zaporozhye Territory was also initially discussed by analogy with Krasnodar or the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
From September 23 to 27, referendums on accession to Russia in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions will last for five days. By Monday, voting will take place in neighboring districts, and on Tuesday, the polls will open for everyone to vote.
Most residents of Melitopol tend to vote on the first day. “We haven’t had time to get started yet today, and there were already a lot of people who wanted to vote. We told them that voting would take place at the ballot box on the 27th, and before that at home. I really want to cast their votes,” said city election commissions.
The operational headquarters was deployed in the LPR to ensure voting security. Units of the people’s militia were put on high alert.
The head of the local People’s Chamber said that the referendum in the LPR was like a bone in the throat for Ukraine, so the republic expects Kiev to try to disrupt it and take measures to protect polling stations.
Parcels have been opened in the regions of Russia for internally displaced persons.
The ballot boxes in Moscow opened on Friday morning in a calm atmosphere.
Olga Makeeva, Ambassador of the Donetsk People’s Republic to Russia, voted at the DPR embassy in Moscow.
Field voting in the passenger compartment of the bus in Lugansk.
The situational center for monitoring the referendums began its work in the Public Chamber of Russia.
Russian senators act as observers in the referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
Observers say the referendums are held at the highest possible level so there is “nothing to complain about”.
No extremism was recorded on the first day of the referendum.
District commissions work in a regular mode, they circulate adjacent territories.
The results of the referendum will be known within five days of the completion of the voting.
From September 23 to 27, referendums on accession to Russia in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions will last for five days. By Monday, voting will take place in neighboring districts, and on Tuesday, the polls will open for everyone to vote.
Most residents of Melitopol tend to vote on the first day. “We haven’t had time to get started yet today, and there were already a lot of people who wanted to vote. We told them that voting would take place on the 27th at the ballot box, and before that at home. I really want to cast their votes,” said city election commissions.
The operational headquarters was deployed in the LPR to ensure voting security. Units of the people’s militia were put on high alert.
The head of the local People’s Chamber said that the referendum in the LPR was like a bone in the throat for Ukraine, so the republic expects Kiev to try to disrupt it and take measures to protect polling stations.
Parcels have been opened in the regions of Russia for internally displaced persons.
The ballot boxes in Moscow opened on Friday morning in a calm atmosphere.
Olga Makeeva, Ambassador of the Donetsk People’s Republic to Russia, voted at the DPR embassy in Moscow.
Field voting in the passenger compartment of the bus in Lugansk.
The situational center for monitoring the referendums began its work in the Public Chamber of Russia.
Russian senators act as observers in the referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
Observers say the referendums are held at the highest possible level so there is “nothing to complain about”.
No extremism was recorded on the first day of the referendum.
District commissions work in a regular mode, they circulate adjacent territories.
The results of the referendum will be known within five days of the completion of the voting.
Source: Ria
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