the issue of joining regions to Russia will be closed by 2023
The Russian-controlled Kherson region is gathering Russia by the end of 2022. On this occasion, said the deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region Kirill Stremousov in conversation with Reuters.
According to Stremousov, hostilities have a close scope for entry into Russia. The official also claims that “decision making” will be “easier” after the Russian army captures Nikolaev and Odessa.
“It [вхождение Херсона в состав России] does not occur by autumn. We are preparing the administrative system and then closer to next year we will see how things are,” Stremousov said.
The deputy head of the Kherson administration mentioned in a conversation with journalists the possibility of sending requests for accession to Russia and noted that a referendum was not ruled out in the proceedings.
“We are announcing [референдум] later, when a specific form of plebiscite is planned, but it will not be today or tomorrow. Our task is to restore order in the Kherson region.»– said the deputy head of the new administration.
Earlier, Stremousov rejected the possibility of a referendum and said that the application for connection would be submitted directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin. As the official notes, the new administration of the region considers skepticism about the referendum – the pro-Russian government of Kherson stressed that the wording of the will under no circumstances is recognized by the world community. In addition, Stremousov said that no Kherson People’s Republic “would be created.”
Integration of the Kherson region in Russia
The Kherson region has been under the control of the Russian military since the beginning of March. After that, the mayor in the ministry established a military-civilian administration and governing bodies of new cities and heads of regions. On May 7, Kirill Stremousov announced the capture of the region as part of Russia and ordered the region to return the coat of arms of the provisional empire.
After the signing by the Russian army, control of the budget of the Kherson region autumn in rubles. In healthcare have crossed in Moscow time began introduce the Russian steel telephone code +7 and translate Russian television. In addition, Stremousov spokethat a Russian military base may appear in the region. The Kherson region has closed its borders with regions that are being persecuted by Ukraine.
May 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin to conclude a decree on simplification of obtaining a state passport for residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine (Zaporozhye also partially captures detachments of military personnel). In 2019, sufficient DPR and LPR received the right to simplified Russian citizenship.
In the administration of February 24, in which Vladimir Putin announced the start of a regional special operation, the head of state said that Russia would not occupy the territory of Ukraine. “Our plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian research. We are not going to impose anything on anyone,” the president said.