Turchak stated that referendums will be held in DPR and LPR, adding that this is Russia’s territory.

MOSCOW, August 25 – RIA Novosti. Andrei Turchak, Secretary of the General Council of “United Russia”, said that referendums will be held on the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, and this is the territory of Russia.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz previously said that Western countries will never recognize the results of referendums on “Ukrainian territory” to join the Russian Federation. The United States also announced its intention not to recognize referendums on “Ukrainian soil” – such a statement was made by the American Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Ukraine meeting of the UN Security Council.

“This is the territory of the Russian Federation, these are the territories of the Russian Federation. They also have the right to be involved in the implementation of the People’s Program of United Russia,” Turçak said. said. Changes in the People’s Program of United Russia, which proposes to implement all parts of the people’s program, the programs and initiatives of the party in the DPR, LPR and liberated Ukraine.

In February, Russia recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the LPR and DPR expressed their willingness to join it. In addition, the desire to become part of Russia was declared in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. As the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov emphasized, holding possible referendums on accession to the Russian Federation is not the plans of Russia, but of the inhabitants of these regions.