![Putin introduces bills on accession of new Russian regions to Parliament Putin introduces bills on accession of new Russian regions to Parliament](https://exceptionalinsights.group/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/logo_200x200-2.png)
President Vladimir Putin has sent the treaties on the accession to Russia of four formerly Ukrainian regions to the State Duma for ratification. The residents of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining Russia at referendums in September.
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