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The ratification comes on the heels of a ceremony in the Kremlin on Friday at which President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the Donbass republics and the pro-Russian administrators of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions signed treaties on the regions' admission into the Russian Federation.
The State Duma unanimously ratified treaties on the admission of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia on Monday.
"The Russian Federation [now] has 89 constituent entities. We are together," Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said shortly after the treaties' ratification. "The entry of [the new territories] is the only way to save millions of lives from the criminal regime in Kiev - to stop the shelling of civilians, the elderly, women, children. To protect their rights to their native language, culture, history, and faith."
The agreements, which were signed in the Kremlin on September 30, now require formal ratification by the Federation House - Russia's upper house of parliament. The body is expected to consider the matter on Tuesday.
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