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Azovets from Kherson admitted that he did not know about the referendum
Azovets from Kherson admitted that he did not know about the referendum – RIA Novosti, 03/15/2023
Azovets from Kherson admitted that he did not know about the referendum
Yevgeny Savelyev, an activist of the Ukrainian nationalist regiment “Azov”, originally from Kherson, who is under arrest, told RIA Novosti that he did not know that in … RIA Novosti, 03/15/2023
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DONETSK, March 15 – RIA Novosti. Yevgeny Savelyev, an activist from the Ukrainian nationalist Azov regiment, who is under arrest, from Kherson, told RIA Novosti that he did not know that a referendum on joining the Russian Federation had taken place. in his region, but since it took place, it means that most of the inhabitants of the region want to live in Russia. Yevgeny Savelyev is now 26 years old, he is from Kherson, he served in the border service. In December 2019, Savelyev got a job under a contract to serve in the Azov regiment as a department orderly. According to him, he heard about the regiment’s nationalist reputation, but “expected it to be when ‘Azov’* was a battalion (that is, in 2014-2015)”, and he is went to “Azov” * already as a linear unit National Guard of Ukraine. However, already in “Azov” Savelyev noticed that nationalist views were widespread among his colleagues. At the end of April 2022, during the fighting in Mariupol, Savelyev was captured. He is now being investigated in a criminal case under part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, “Participation in a terrorist organization”. Now without any source of information, the activist confessed that he did not know that a referendum on joining the Russian Federation had taken place in his hometown of Kherson. “No, I can’t know. I didn’t know,” Saveliev replied when asked by a RIA Novosti correspondent whether he was aware of the referendum results and how he is handling them. On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin, following the results of referendums in the DPR (which includes Mariupol), LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, signed agreements with their leaders on the admission of regions in Russia. Then, on October 5, Putin signed federal laws ratifying the admission of these regions into the Russian Federation. Russian troops and DPR units surrounded Mariupol on March 7 and liberated almost the entire city on April 21. More than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers and militants from the national Azov* battalion are blocked at the Azovstal factory. In mid-May, the Nazis began to surrender, and on May 20, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the complete liberation of Mariupol.* Terrorist Organization Banned in Russia
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Azovets from Kherson admitted that he did not know about the referendum
DONETSK, March 15 – RIA Novosti. Yevgeny Savelyev, an activist of the nationalist Ukrainian “Azov” regiment, originally from Kherson, who is under arrest, told RIA Novosti that he did not know that a referendum on joining the Russian Federation had took place in his region, but since it took place, it means that most of the inhabitants of the region want to live in Russia.
Yevgeny Savelyev is now 26 years old, he is from Kherson, he served in the border service. In December 2019, Savelyev got a job under a contract to serve in the Azov regiment as a department orderly.
According to him, he heard about the regiment’s nationalist reputation, but “expected it to be when ‘Azov’* was a battalion (that is, in 2014-2015)”, and he is went to “Azov” * already as a linear unit National Guard of Ukraine. However, already in Azov, Savelyev noticed that nationalist views were widespread among his colleagues.
At the end of April 2022, during the fighting in Mariupol, Savelyev was captured. He is now being investigated in a criminal case under part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, “Participation in a terrorist organization”.
Now without any source of information, the activist confessed that he did not know that a referendum on joining the Russian Federation had taken place in his hometown of Kherson.
“No, I can’t know. I didn’t know,” Savelyev replied when asked by a RIA Novosti correspondent if he was aware of the referendum results and how he is handling them.
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“If the referendum was held and Kherson in the Russian Federation, it means that most of them voted ‘for’, it turns out,” he said.
Russian troops and DPR units surrounded Mariupol on March 7 and liberated almost the entire city on April 21. More than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers and militants from the national Azov* battalion are blocked at the Azovstal factory. In mid-May the Nazis began to surrender, and on May 20 the Russian Defense Ministry announced the complete liberation of Mariupol.
* Terrorist organization banned in Russia
