Turchak stated this before a meeting of the working group on the preparation of changes to the EP people's program.
“This is the territory of the Russian Federation, these are the regions of the Russian Federation,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
The Secretary of the United Russia General Council stressed that the DPR and LPR also have the right to be included in the implementation of the United Russia people's program.
Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the West would never recognize the results of referendums held "on the territory of Ukraine" on joining Russia.
The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov stated that the residents of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions will determine their own future.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Russia's recognition of the independence of the LNR and the DNR.