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Russia says ‘no regrets’, unwaveringly stands by entry of Kherson Region to country

From September 23 to September 27, the DPR and the LPR as well as the Kherson and the Zaporozhye Regions held referendums where the majority of voters opted to join Russia

MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. Moscow has no regrets whatsoever over admitting the Kherson Region to the Russian Federation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

"No, we have no regrets," Peskov told journalists.

From September 23 to September 27, the DPR and the LPR as well as the Kherson and the Zaporozhye Regions held referendums where the majority of voters opted to join Russia.

On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the four regions signed treaties on their accession to Russia.

On October 5, President Putin signed laws on ratifying the accession of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) as well as of the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions to Russia after getting the green light from both houses of the Russian parliament: the State Duma and the Federation Council.