On September 25, 2022, it became known that Belarus, Syria, Egypt, Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay, Togo and the Republic of South Africa became complicit in the fake referendums that Russia is conducting in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Representatives of these countries took on the role of foreign “observers”.
Source: Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine
“These days, the occupying Russian authorities are making considerable attempts at any cost to hold their pseudo-referendums in the temporarily occupied territories. And they insist that they will be transparent and legitimate. They even called in foreign observers. They are participating in a collective crime against the sovereign of the independent state of Ukraine.”
The Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine also emphasized that referendums in the temporarily occupied territories are absolutely illegal both according to the laws of Ukraine and international legal documents. The entry, stay and performance of any activity by so-called foreign observers in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories are also illegal.
“We appeal to foreigners: everyone who dares to indulge criminals will become criminals themselves! It will not be possible to avoid responsibility!”
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