On December 12, a meeting of the Interim Commission of the People’s Council of the Donetsk People's Republic on Establishment of Interaction of the Legislative and Executive Branches of Government was held.

At first glance, the way that Pyotr Poroshenko chose to appeal to the President of the Russian Federation is puzzling. Why did he decide to resort to an interview to the American edition and why in English? Wouldn't it have been more logical to do this in a different, more reasonable way? But it seems that behind the external comic and the absurdity of the situation there lies a clear plan that fits into the logic of recent events.

The DPR People’s Council deputy, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Natural Management, Ecology, Mineral and Natural Resources Yuri Leonov explained the essence of the Head of the DPR’s decree No.129 “On amending the decree of the DPR of August 31, 2017, No. 226 ʺOn state registration of rights in rem over farmlands”ʺ.

EU sanctions for organization of elections in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics accentuate the importance of nationwide will, Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka told RIA Novosti.

On December 11, the XII International Scientific and Practical Conference entitled “The topical problems and prospects of the employment of graduates of higher and secondary vocational educational institutions” was held in the Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky.

Abolition of Metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol Hilarion's pass for getting through the demarcation line by the Security Service of Ukraine was commented to the Donetsk News Agency by deputy of the DPR People’s Council, chairman of the Committee for the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and Religious Associations Maxim Parshin.

The People’s Council deputy, Head of the “Donetsk Republic” parliamentary faction Valery Skorokhodov described the possible circumstances of the imposition of martial law for the residents of the territories of Donbass controlled by the Kiev regime in an interview to the Donetsk News Agency.

Deputy of the DPR People’s Council, Chairman of the Foreign Policy, International Relations, Information Policy and Information Technologies Committee Vladislav Berdichevsky commented on the severance of the friendship treaty between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, which was supported by the Ukrainian parliament.

On December 7, an international research and practice forum entitled “Modern military education in the context of the establishment of statehood” and dedicated to the Commemoration Day of Alexander Nevsky took pace in the State Military Educational Institution “Donetsk Higher Military Command School of the DPR Armed Forces”.

EU sanctions for organizing elections in the Donbass will not have any negative effect, Vladimir Bidyovka, Chairman of the People’s Council of the Donetsk People’s Republic, expressed his opinion to RIA Novosti.