Best of the week 39/2022

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DPR Russia Accession Rally

People attend a rally to celebrate accession to Russia, at Savur-Mohyla war memorial complex, in Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic. On September 23-27, the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions held referendums on whether to become part of Russia. The vast majority of voters supported joining Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the agreements that formally reunite Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, as well as the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) with Russia.

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DPR Russia Accession Rally

Residents drive their cars decorated with Russian flags on their way from Donetsk to Savur-Mohyla war memorial complex, where a rally to celebrate accession of new territories to Russia will be held, in Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic. On September 23-27, the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions held referendums on whether to become part of Russia. The vast majority of voters supported joining Russia. The Kremlin will hold a ceremony of signing the agreements that will formally reunite Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, as well as the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics with Russia. The event is due to begin at 15:00 Moscow time.

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Azerbaijan Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Anniversary

A relative reacts on the grave of an Azerbaijani soldier killed in the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan for control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region on the 2nd anniversary of the conflict, at the Alley of Honor cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The six weeks war that erupted on September 27, 2020 left some 6,500 people dead and sparked mutual allegations of war crimes. It ended in November with a Russian-brokered ceasefire that saw Armenia hand over to Baku swathes of contested territories it had controlled for decades.

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Russia Joining Rerefendum Regions

People vote in voting booths during the referendum on the joining of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine to Russia, at the temporary accommodation centre for evacuees from DPR and LPR in the village of Penkino, Vladimir region, Russia. The people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR, LPR), as well as the Russian-controlled parts of the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson launch referendum procedures on joining Russia that will run through September 27.

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LPR Russia Ukraine Military Operation Shelling

A boy plays in a gym at a school used as a polling station during the referendum on the joining of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic to Russia partially destroyed as a result of a shelling by Ukrainian forces, in the town of Rubizhne, Luhansk People's Republic. The people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR, LPR), as well as the Russian-controlled parts of the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson launch referendum procedures on joining Russia that will run through September 27.

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