“Today is the first day when voting began.

Foreign territorial commissions have been determined in five cities of Crimea: in Simferopol, Kerch, Dzhankoy, Evpatoria and Yalta, ”RIA Novosti quotes Mikhail Malyshev, chairman of the Crimean election commission.

Earlier, in the DPR, LPR and in the liberated territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, referendums also began on the issue of joining Russia.

In addition, the Central Election Commission reported that a delegation of four members of the Central Election Commission would observe the holding of referendums for joining Russia.