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The four provinces annexed by Putin

Putin defies the West and signs this Friday the annexation treaties of the 4 Ukrainian provinces that held referendums

Russian President Vladimir Putin will sign treaties for the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia on Friday, the Kremlin announced.

"The signing ceremony will take place tomorrow," said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, in his daily telephone press conference, in which he added that the act will take place in the Saint George room of the Grand Kremlin Palace at 3:00 p.m. (12:00 GMT).

The day before, the leaders of Jersón, Volodímir Saldo; from Zaporizhia, Yevgueni Balitski; from Donetsk, Denis Pushilin; and from Lugansk, Leonid Pásechnik, formally requested Putin to incorporate their territories into Russia. The leaders of those regions arrived last night on a common flight to the Russian capital.

Act in the Red Square

According to the results released by the pro-Russian authorities with 100% of the ballots counted, between 87.05 and 99.23% of voters in the territories partially controlled by Russian forces in the east and south of Ukraine supported the annexation to Russia.

Both houses of the Russian Parliament are expected to formally endorse the annexation agreements early next week.

The Russian Senate plans to debate that issue on October 4. Before, the incorporation has to receive the approval of the Russian Duma or Lower House, which meets for an extraordinary session a day before.

At the same time, tomorrow afternoon on Red Square there will be an event in support of the incorporation of new territories into Russia. The Kremlin indicated that it would report later on Putin's possible attendance at this event.

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