“On the table” is the holding of a referendum on the union of Donetsk and Lugansk with Russia

In the Kremlin, they are discussing her proposal of simultaneous conduct referendums in his self-proclaimed “People’s Democracies”. Donetsk and of Lugansk for their union with the Russiawrites newspaper RBK citing four imgs close to the Russian president’s administration.

The newspaper points out, according to APE-MPE, that the Kremlin is not targeting it holding simultaneous referendums for their union with Russia in all territories under the control of the Russian army. However, the two “People’s Republics” want the vote to coincide, as they are “perceived (in Russia) as one” and their independence, as RBK’s imgs point out, has been recognized by Moscow.

According to the newspaper’s imgs, the fact that the residents of the said “People’s Democracies” will vote for their integration into Russia is not open to question, but in the regions of Peninsula, Zaporizhia and Kharkiv the situation is not so categorical.

In the two “People’s Democracies”, preparations are already being made, but so far the exact date of the referendums has not been announced. According to the newspaper’s imgs, they will be announced after Russian troops take control of the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and guarantee the creation of a security zone. “We are waiting for the signal from the military,” clarified one of the imgs.

According to RBK’s imgs in the two “People’s Democracies” all the official documents are already readyvoter lists are drawn up, people are selected for election commissions, and Russian political scientists have begun work. According to the imgs, the version is being considered, that the vote should take place not in one day but in two days. At the same time, as the imgs underline, there is no final decision and the whole approach to the issue can change.