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From left, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, attend a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. The signing of the treaties making the four regions part of Russia follows the completion of the Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums". (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)