MOSCOW, September 30 – Novosti. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said that he had summoned the Russian ambassador to the ministry in connection with the admission of new subjects to Russia.
“The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Latvia was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at 17.00,” Rinkevics wrote on Twitter, noting that this decision was connected with the admission of new subjects to Russia.
Rinkevics also called for more weapons to be sent to Ukraine . The country’s President Egils Levits and Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins tweeted that Latvia would “never recognize” the admission of new subjects to the Russian Federation.
Referendums on the question of joining Russia were held from 23 to 27 September in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics , as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions . According to the results of processing 100% of the ballots in the DPR , 99.23% of those who voted for joining the Russian Federation, in the LPR – 98.42%, in the Kherson region – 87.05%, in the Zaporozhye region – 93.11%.
The public addressed the regional authorities with the initiative to immediately hold referendums. According to representatives of the republics and regions, joining Russia will secure their territories and restore historical justice. In their opinion, this decision is extremely necessary in the context of constant acts of terror by the Ukrainian authorities and NATO members , who supply weapons to kill civilians. Putin stated on September 21 that Russia would support the decision to be made by the residents of Donbass , Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
