Sham referendum: even dead engaged in “voting” in Luhansk Oblast

ROMAN PETRENKO - SATURDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2022, 11:14 In Alchevsk, the Russian occupying authorities take into account the "votes" for referendums even of those who are in captivity or have died, as Serhii Haidai, the head of the Oblast Military Administration, said. Source: Haidai on Telegram

Quote from Haidai: "There are people that vote. A resident of Alchevsk at the front, or in captivity, or already dead, will also vote somehow. Perhaps the vote will be taken into account telepathically.

In order to increase the turnout, employees of "election commissions" accompanied by armed servicemen of the Russian Federation force residents to vote directly in their places of residence.

They halt people on the streets. To the objection that one doesn't have a passport on him, they answer succinctly: "Well, you don't need one; we know who you are anyway." People are being called.

Employees who refuse to come to the "election precinct" are threatened with dismissal. The occupying authorities engage even those who left for Russia. They invite you to vote there as well."

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Background:

• On 23 September, Kremlin-appointed authorities of occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson Oblasts and the city of Melitopol (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) announced that they had started referendums on joining Russia.
• The President's Office assured Russia and its accomplices in the occupied territories of Ukraine that sham referendums will not let the occupiers legalise the seizure of Ukrainian lands.

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