Donetsk, Sep 21 — DAN. Polling stations for voting in the referendum will open in all Russian regions which accommodate Donetsk People’s Republic residents, DPR CEC chairman Vladimir Vysotsky told reporters on Wednesday.

“Each Russian region where DPR residents live will have a polling station for voting, ” Vysotsky said. “The exterior territorial commission is setting up all these polling places.”

On September 23-27, the Donetsk People’s Republic will hold the referendum over joining the Russian Federation. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would support the the residents of Donbass and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions who would decide on their future at the upcoming referenda.*jk