Russia boasts about 90% support for annexation even in territories it recently bombed

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After the apparent victory of the yes to the annexation of the four occupied Ukrainian regions,

have made it clear that

.

But Moscow has the legal machinery ready to incorporate the part it controls from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.

First it is necessary to fulfill parliamentary procedures in the State Duma and the Federation Council, the chambers of parliament.

Only after that can the final document be signed.

could do

it this Friday if there are no delays.

The Russian media presume that

.

The results are difficult to take seriously.

Up to

assure the occupying authorities that they have obtained in

.

It seems that

of the residents of the

People's Republic also approved of the accession, according to the same sources.

The other regions have hovered around 90%, including

and

, despite being bombed by Russian troops months ago.

"We are aware of the historical, cultural and spiritual bond with the multinational people of Russia," said the pro-Russian separatist leader of Lugansk, Leonid Pasechnik, who shortly before had indicated that he would travel to Moscow, like his counterpart from the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, to formalize the annexation to Russia.

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"The results are clear. Welcome home to Russia!"

Dmitri Medvedev, former president and current 'number two' of the Russian Security Council, said on Tuesday on Telegram after the publication of the results.

The Russian-installed head of the occupied part of Ukraine's Zaporizhia region, Yevgeny Balitsky, on Wednesday appealed to the Russian president to incorporate the region into Russia.

This Wednesday, Russia sings victory in the referendums to

if anyone touches them.

Everything happens in the midst of condemnation and international ridicule of the process.

.

Russia

says the vote was voluntary and turnout was high, but residents who have fled into Ukrainian-controlled territory in recent days have told Reuters that people were being forced to

.

Images taken these days have shown Russian-installed officials carrying ballot boxes from house to house with armed men.

Kiev says that "it will never accept Russian ultimatums"

.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has called the "referendums to join Russia" that have taken place in the Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine a farce.

The process has been carried out without guarantees, in the midst of a conflict and with coercion.

of the referendums on accession to Russia,

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