On July 5, in Minsk, a regular meeting of the Contact group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donbass was held. The agenda included issues related to the observance of the "silence regime", the implementation of the agreement on the forces and facilities disengagement in the third pilot place, as well as the preparation for the exchange of prisoners. 

The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, the permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR in the Contact group at negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin participated in TV programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” on TV channel “Russia-1”.

For several centuries the world has been associating the Donbass as a mining region. Most of the region population is connected in one way or another with the coal mining industry. And the events of recent years have not changed this.

On July 1, according to the agenda of the plenary session, the parliamentarians heard the report of the Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, which summed up the results of the work of the DPR Parliament for the spring session of 2017.

On July 1, an annual Republican award ceremony “Graduate of the Year – 2017”, with the support of the Head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, took place in the Donetsk Centre of Slavic culture. The event was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Donetsk Academy of Management and Public Administration under the Head of the DPR and the DPR Trade Union of Scientific and Educational Workers.

On June 30, a solemn event on the occasion of the DPR Economists Day was held at the Donetsk Art and Exhibition Centre “Art–Donbass". The event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin and the Minister of Economic Development Victoria Romanyuk.

On June 27, a solemn ceremony of rewarding of the winners of the republican competition entitled “Youth Award – 2017” took place in the Donetsk National Academic Musical and Drama Theatre. The event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin and the deputies of the DPR People’s Council.

On June 24, at the extreme polygon "Avdotieno" in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, team competitions among the youth "The Race of Heroes" took place. The event was attended by Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin, DPR Minister of Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism Mikhail Mishyn.

The Chairman of the DPR People's Council and the permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR in the Contact Group at negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin participated in a TV programme entitled “Theme” on “Union” TV channel.

On June 22, the DPR People's Council Chairman, the head of the central executive committee of the public movement "Donetsk Republic" Denis Pushilin presented the membership cards to the employees of the State Enterprise "High Voltage Networks", "PES Energougol" and "Donetskoblenergo", transferred to the external management. The deputy of the DPR People's Council, Marina Zheynova, also took part in the event.