Conducting a referendum on the entry of Donbass in the Russian Federation in the current conditions is hardly possible, it is first necessary to ensure the security of the “republics”, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
“It is not in the Kremlin to make decisions about referenda. We have repeatedly said that the people who live in these territories should decide their fate. It is they. The first should be the decision of these people. And the second is necessary for this, it is necessary, for this, it is necessary. Of course, create the appropriate conditions, ”said Peskov, commenting on Slutsky’s statement and answering the question of whether such scenarios in the Kremlin are discussed and how they relate to such initiatives.
“Of course, when security is not completely ensured, and we see that the blows of Ukrainian military and Ukrainian” nationalists “on civil purposes in these territories are continuing, of course, in these conditions it is unlikely that we can talk (about the referendum (about the referendum ). For this, the desire and solution of people themselves are necessary and the conditions must be created, ”he explained.
Earlier in an interview with RIA Novosti, the head of the International Committee of the State Duma, a member of the negotiation group with Ukraine and the leader of the LDPR Leonid Slutsky said that the referendum on the entry of “DPR”, “LPR” and the Kherson region in the Russian Federation can take place simultaneously in July.