The head of the DPR Pushilin said there were no violations in the referendum in the republic

He said this on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.

According to him, observers from a number of states, including Italy and South Africa, are accredited to the DPR.

“According to the information that I have, no violations have been recorded on the part of observers, including international ones,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Pushilin added that, according to observers, everything is happening as openly and legitimately as possible.

Earlier, Senator, member of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Olga Kovitidi, in an interview with RT, spoke about the process of voting at polling stations in Crimea on the entry of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia.