The appointment of the third president of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, the plenipotentiary representative of Ukraine in the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk will negatively affect the implementation of a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donbass. This opinion was shared with DAN by the deputy of the People’s Council, the head of the Donetsk Republic faction, Vladimir Bidyovka.

The DPR People’s Council deputy, Secretary of the Committee on Social and Housing Policy Ekaterina Pavlenko clarified the provisions of the Donetsk People’s Republic’s law “On social protection of family members of those people, who fell defending the Donetsk People’s Republic”, which came into force on October 6.

A statement by representatives of Kiev about the theft of 30 thousand railcars is an attempt to lump the problems of Ukrzaliznytsia on the fictional 'Russian aggression,' and the figure voiced is spun out of thin air, said Valery Skorokhodov, member of the DPR People’s Council Committee on Transport and Communications.

Deputy Vladislav Berdichevsky commented on the possibility of a positive reaction in Europe to the election of the Head of the Republic and deputies of the DPR People's Council on the air of the programme “Important Topic” on the Kometa radio station.

Ukraine has completely lost the IMF’s trust. Obviously, a stand-by programme is offered by the IMF due to profound crisis developments in the country and difficulties to fulfil credit liabilities. The Ukraine’s establishment will not obtain another tranche due to failure to comply with the strict requirements and conditions of the IMF.

The leadership of Ukraine is vainly excited about the US Congress’s decision to allocate $250 million to Kiev for military needs. This view was shared by the DPR People’s Council deputy Alexander Kurenkov with the Donetsk News Agency.

After the retirement of the Deputy Head of the OSCE SMM Alexander Hug, the situation concerning the negotiation process in Minsk, as well as the implementation of the Package of Measures, will remain unchanged. This view was shared by the DPR People’s Council deputy Valery Skorokhodov in an interview to the Donetsk News Agency.

The comparison, which was made by the former President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko, of the residents of Donbass with the population of Hitler’s Germany is perceived as “news from mirror-world” in the Donetsk People’s Republic. This was reported by the Chairman of the People’s Council’s Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Vladimir Bidyovka to RIA Novosti.

The people of Donbass negatively perceived Nazi ideology, unlike the Western Ukraine, where fascists had a considerable number of sympathizers during the Great Patriotic War. This was stated by the DPR People’s Council deputy and scholar in the field of history Miroslav Rudenko in the broadcast of “Comet” radio station.

The leadership of the Republic decided to conduct a thorough investigation after the terrorist act, which resulted in the death of Alexander Zakharchenko. In this regard, Russian experts were requested to help in the investigation.