On September 25, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the United Nations that regions of Ukraine where widely-criticized referendums were held would get Russia’s “full protection” if annexed by Moscow. The votes in four eastern Ukrainian regions were staged for a third day on Sunday. As per reports, the Russian parliament could move to formalize the annexation within days.

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