FEW WILLING TO JOIN IN TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA: POLL

Sat 06 August 2022:

Only 30% of respondents in a poll conducted by the Russians in the occupied cities of Kherson and Zaporizhian supported joining Russia.

According to sources close to the Kremlin quoted by the Russian media outlet Meduza located in Latvia, Russian propaganda operations are failing since there is no support for Moscow in the areas it has controlled.

The statement has said: “Two interlocutors close to the administration of the Russian president told Meduza that in mid-July, a closed sociological survey was conducted in the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts on whether local residents want to join Russia. According to survey results, about 30% were in favor of joining, and the same number (under the conditions of occupation) were in favor of keeping the oblasts within Ukraine. The rest “hesitated to answer”.

However, as Meduza writes, the Kremlin believes that “referendums will be held properly,” despite these low results.

The sources have also stated that the “referendum” may be held on a another day and that September 11 is only a tentative date.

The Ukrainian media had previously quoted intelligence data indicating that the Kremlin-controlled Donetsk People’s Republic “DPR” intends to organize a so-called referendum throughout the full territory of Donetsk Oblast, with a result of 70% in favor of joining the Russian Federation.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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