Russian parliament backs Putin's annexation bill October 03, 2022 at 03:02AM

Members of the Kremlin-loyal lower house of parliament voted to incorporate Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia with no abstentions or votes against the annexation, its website showed. Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday presided over a ceremony at the Kremlin during which he signed agreements with the Moscow-installed leaders of the four regions to become subjects of the Russian Federation.