Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko called the referendums in the Donbass and the liberated territories «the right to life.»
«The will is expressed in accordance with international norms, the UN Charter. Residents of the DPR, LPR, and other liberated territories have such a right, a legal right. And in today’s situation, this is actually the right to life,» Matvienko said.
According to her, in Western countries «hurried to declare» even before the start of the referendums that they do not recognize their results.
«But this does not surprise anyone. In this way Europe and the USA confirmed their cynicism and the fact that the opinion of the inhabitants of these regions does not interest them at all. I have no doubt that these statements, already with outright threats, will not affect the position of people in any way» , — said Matvienko.