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Russian State Duma ratifies agreements on the admission of four new subjects to Russia

epa10221309 A handout picture made available by the Russian State Duma press service shows First Deputy Speaker Alexander Zhukov (2nd-L), State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin (3d-L) and Deputy Speaker Ivan Melnikov (4th-L) and deputies during the Russian State Duma plenary session in Moscow, Russia, 03 October 2022. The State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, ratified agreements on the admission of four new subjects to the Russian Federation: the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine. From 23 to 27 September, residents of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics as well as the Russian-controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine voted in a so-called 'referendum' to join the Russian Federation. Putin held a signing ceremony to annex the four areas last week. EPA/RUSSIAN STATE DUMA PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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