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key electoral events
1600 days back
The occupation authorities of the "DPR" intend to hold a referendum on the entry of the entire Donetsk region into the Russian Federation immediately after its complete occupation. This follows from the statement of Vladislav Berdichsky, who calls himself a "deputy of the people's council"
1600 days back
British Ministry of Defense: "If Russia holds a referendum on the inclusion of the Kherson region into the Russian Federation, it will surely fabricate the results in its favor, but the inhabitants of the region will continue to demonstrate their rejection of the Russian occupation"
1601 days back
Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova: "The Russian invaders are preparing to hold a so-called "referendum" on the annexation of Mariupol as part of a self-proclaimed pseudo-state on the territory of ORDLO to the Russian Federation. The occupiers name May 15 as a possible date for the "referendum"
1602 days back
EU Mission to OSCE: Any attempts by Russia to hold so-called "referendums" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine with the aim of declaring new "people's republics" or joining the Russian Federation are illegal and will not be recognized - Ukrinform reports
1602 days back
Russian occupiers can hold a "referendum on joining Russia" in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. They strive to do this as soon as possible and will announce it as early as May 15th. It is reported by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko
1603 days back
59% of Ukrainians would vote in a referendum for joining NATO, 14% - against. 80% of Ukrainians support Ukraine's accession to the EU, 2% - to the Customs Union - poll of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in early April
1603 days back
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the future of the Kherson region should be decided by local residents. Thus, he commented on the intention of the collaborators to apply to the President of the Russian Federation with a request to join the region to Russia
1603 days back
Kherson collaborator and Gauleiter Kirill Stremousov appointed by the Russian occupiers ruled out holding a pseudo-referendum and creating KhNR. He is going to appeal to Putin with a request to annex the entire Kherson region to Russia
1604 days back
After a long illness, the first President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, died. Recall that he was elected president in 1991, and lost to Leonid Kuchma in early elections in 1994. In the last years of his life, Leonid Kravchuk was the chairman of the TCG for resolving the situation in Donbas
1604 days back
European Commission: 66% of EU citizens agree that Ukraine should become a member of the EU. 71% believe that Ukraine is already part of the "European family". Most of all, residents of Portugal want to see Ukraine as an EU member (87%), least of all - Austria, Greece and Serbia (54%)
1606 days back
Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Denisenko believes that on May 9, Putin can indirectly or directly announce the annexation of Donbass to Russia and the holding of a referendum in the Kherson region - Strana.ua
1607 days back
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office: The invaders will not be able to hold "referendums" in the occupied territories. None of this will happen, except for one thing - an increase in the number of destroyed invaders. Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Luhansk regions - this is Ukraine
1610 days back
Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yuriy Sobolevsky: The occupation authorities of the Russian Federation in the Kherson region will not be able to hold a "referendum" on the creation of the "Kherson People's Republic", because they do not have "extras". They have no support either from the population or from local government
1611 days back
The Verkhovna Rada banned the activities of pro-Russian parties in Ukraine (draft law No. 7172). 330 people's deputies voted for, including 17 ex-people's deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life
1611 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with Al Arabiya, confirmed that any decision on the neutrality of Ukraine will be submitted to a "referendum in which all the people will take part"
1611 days back
US Ambassador to OSCE Michael Carpenter: The United States has information about Russia's intentions to hold referendums on the creation of the so-called "Kherson People's Republic", as well as the annexation of temporarily occupied territories in eastern Ukraine to Russia in mid-May
1612 days back
1614 days back
Why have collaborators in Kherson been dispersing the fake that they "were not going to hold a referendum" since yesterday? Very simple. They failed to organize this referendum - Chairman of the Kherson organization of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine Dementiy Beliy
1615 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: There can be many Russian pseudo-ferendums. Ukraine will not recognize them anyway. The main thing is that, together with Ukraine, the entire civilized world will not recognize them. It will do nothing but add another layer of complexity to any negotiation.
1616 days back
CEC: Elections and referendums are possible only in conditions of free will. Therefore, once again: Russia's attempts to hold a "referendum" in the Kherson region are as empty and insignificant as Russia itself. This drama of absurdity has no legal force
1616 days back
Collaborator Kirill Stremousov, appointed by the invaders to the post of deputy chairman of the Kherson region, said that no referendums are planned in the region. According to him, now the main task is "restoration of the region's economy"
1616 days back
Mayor of Kherson Igor Kolykhaev: I communicate with the residents of our city and see that there are no signs that there will be a referendum. When they will plan it is hard to say now. What I see: there will be no referendum. I think that they most likely plan to annex the region to the Crimea. It makes no sense to make another quasi-republic. No referendum preparations
1617 days back
Meduza sources close to the administration of the President of the Russian Federation said that on May 14 and 15, a "referendum" on joining Russia could be held in the L/DPR. It is assumed that they will join within the "historical" borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine. A similar "referendum" can be held in the Kherson region on these dates
1619 days back
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said he "didn't hear anything" about the so-called "referendum" in occupied Kherson
1620 days back
In France, the second round of presidential elections has ended. Three exit polls show Macron winning with a score of about 58%, Le Pen has 42%
1620 days back
France is holding the second round of presidential elections today. Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron of Forward the Republic will take on Marine Le Pen of the National Rally. Three opinion polls predict victory for the incumbent president with a score of about 56-57%
1621 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: "If our people are destroyed in Mariupol, if referendums are announced in new pseudo-republics, Ukraine will withdraw from any negotiation processes"
1623 days back
In the Verkhovna Rada, a deputy group "Platform for Life and Peace" was created. It included 25 deputies who previously belonged to the Opposition Platform for Life faction, whose activities were suspended for the duration of martial law. The new group does not include the other two leaders of the Opposition Platform for Life: Medvedchuk and Rabinovich
1623 days back
The Verkhovna Rada supported the proposal of President Volodymyr Zelensky to extend martial law in Ukraine. The special regime will be in effect until at least May 25, 2022. Recall that during martial law, holding elections and referendums in Ukraine is prohibited.
1600 days back
The occupation authorities of the "DPR" intend to hold a referendum on the entry of the entire Donetsk region into the Russian Federation immediately after its complete occupation. This follows from the statement of Vladislav Berdichsky, who calls himself a "deputy of the people's council"
1600 days back
British Ministry of Defense: "If Russia holds a referendum on the inclusion of the Kherson region into the Russian Federation, it will surely fabricate the results in its favor, but the inhabitants of the region will continue to demonstrate their rejection of the Russian occupation"
1601 days back
Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova: "The Russian invaders are preparing to hold a so-called "referendum" on the annexation of Mariupol as part of a self-proclaimed pseudo-state on the territory of ORDLO to the Russian Federation. The occupiers name May 15 as a possible date for the "referendum"
1602 days back
EU Mission to OSCE: Any attempts by Russia to hold so-called "referendums" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine with the aim of declaring new "people's republics" or joining the Russian Federation are illegal and will not be recognized - Ukrinform reports
1602 days back
Russian occupiers can hold a "referendum on joining Russia" in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. They strive to do this as soon as possible and will announce it as early as May 15th. It is reported by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko
1603 days back
59% of Ukrainians would vote in a referendum for joining NATO, 14% - against. 80% of Ukrainians support Ukraine's accession to the EU, 2% - to the Customs Union - poll of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in early April
1603 days back
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the future of the Kherson region should be decided by local residents. Thus, he commented on the intention of the collaborators to apply to the President of the Russian Federation with a request to join the region to Russia
1603 days back
Kherson collaborator and Gauleiter Kirill Stremousov appointed by the Russian occupiers ruled out holding a pseudo-referendum and creating KhNR. He is going to appeal to Putin with a request to annex the entire Kherson region to Russia
1604 days back
After a long illness, the first President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, died. Recall that he was elected president in 1991, and lost to Leonid Kuchma in early elections in 1994. In the last years of his life, Leonid Kravchuk was the chairman of the TCG for resolving the situation in Donbas
1604 days back
European Commission: 66% of EU citizens agree that Ukraine should become a member of the EU. 71% believe that Ukraine is already part of the "European family". Most of all, residents of Portugal want to see Ukraine as an EU member (87%), least of all - Austria, Greece and Serbia (54%)
1606 days back
Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Denisenko believes that on May 9, Putin can indirectly or directly announce the annexation of Donbass to Russia and the holding of a referendum in the Kherson region - Strana.ua
1607 days back
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office: The invaders will not be able to hold "referendums" in the occupied territories. None of this will happen, except for one thing - an increase in the number of destroyed invaders. Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Luhansk regions - this is Ukraine
1610 days back
Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yuriy Sobolevsky: The occupation authorities of the Russian Federation in the Kherson region will not be able to hold a "referendum" on the creation of the "Kherson People's Republic", because they do not have "extras". They have no support either from the population or from local government
1611 days back
The Verkhovna Rada banned the activities of pro-Russian parties in Ukraine (draft law No. 7172). 330 people's deputies voted for, including 17 ex-people's deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life
1611 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with Al Arabiya, confirmed that any decision on the neutrality of Ukraine will be submitted to a "referendum in which all the people will take part"
1611 days back
US Ambassador to OSCE Michael Carpenter: The United States has information about Russia's intentions to hold referendums on the creation of the so-called "Kherson People's Republic", as well as the annexation of temporarily occupied territories in eastern Ukraine to Russia in mid-May
1612 days back
1614 days back
Why have collaborators in Kherson been dispersing the fake that they "were not going to hold a referendum" since yesterday? Very simple. They failed to organize this referendum - Chairman of the Kherson organization of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine Dementiy Beliy
1615 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: There can be many Russian pseudo-ferendums. Ukraine will not recognize them anyway. The main thing is that, together with Ukraine, the entire civilized world will not recognize them. It will do nothing but add another layer of complexity to any negotiation.
1616 days back
CEC: Elections and referendums are possible only in conditions of free will. Therefore, once again: Russia's attempts to hold a "referendum" in the Kherson region are as empty and insignificant as Russia itself. This drama of absurdity has no legal force
1616 days back
Collaborator Kirill Stremousov, appointed by the invaders to the post of deputy chairman of the Kherson region, said that no referendums are planned in the region. According to him, now the main task is "restoration of the region's economy"
1616 days back
Mayor of Kherson Igor Kolykhaev: I communicate with the residents of our city and see that there are no signs that there will be a referendum. When they will plan it is hard to say now. What I see: there will be no referendum. I think that they most likely plan to annex the region to the Crimea. It makes no sense to make another quasi-republic. No referendum preparations
1617 days back
Meduza sources close to the administration of the President of the Russian Federation said that on May 14 and 15, a "referendum" on joining Russia could be held in the L/DPR. It is assumed that they will join within the "historical" borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine. A similar "referendum" can be held in the Kherson region on these dates
1619 days back
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said he "didn't hear anything" about the so-called "referendum" in occupied Kherson
1620 days back
In France, the second round of presidential elections has ended. Three exit polls show Macron winning with a score of about 58%, Le Pen has 42%
1620 days back
France is holding the second round of presidential elections today. Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron of Forward the Republic will take on Marine Le Pen of the National Rally. Three opinion polls predict victory for the incumbent president with a score of about 56-57%
1621 days back
Volodymyr Zelensky: "If our people are destroyed in Mariupol, if referendums are announced in new pseudo-republics, Ukraine will withdraw from any negotiation processes"
1623 days back
In the Verkhovna Rada, a deputy group "Platform for Life and Peace" was created. It included 25 deputies who previously belonged to the Opposition Platform for Life faction, whose activities were suspended for the duration of martial law. The new group does not include the other two leaders of the Opposition Platform for Life: Medvedchuk and Rabinovich
1623 days back
The Verkhovna Rada supported the proposal of President Volodymyr Zelensky to extend martial law in Ukraine. The special regime will be in effect until at least May 25, 2022. Recall that during martial law, holding elections and referendums in Ukraine is prohibited.
