The diplomat is expected "in the very near future," RIA Novosti reports.
On September 30, Putin and the heads of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions signed agreements on the accession of these regions to Russia.
Member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Belik, in an interview with RT, commented on Putin's signing of agreements on the entry of new territories into Russia.