I, as the Chairman of the Committee for Security and Defence, and my colleagues from the People’s Council welcome the decision of the leadership of the Republic to request assistance from Russian experts in investigating the assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko. The experts of the Russian special services have arrived in Donetsk upon our request.

On September 15, the Acting Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin stated that information collected during the investigation of the assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko, as well as the testimony of a detained SSU agent indicated the involvement of Ukraine and Western special services in this crime.

On September 13, a meeting of members of the People's Council's Donetsk Republic faction took place, at which it was decided to change the front office.

On September 13, during a meeting with the heads of Republic's city and district administrations, the Acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, spoke in favour of returning the markets that had previously been transferred to state ownership to the rightful owners.

On September 12, my Facebook account was hacked. A hacker attack had been carried out for several days and, once again, I had to change passwords for my accounts in social network pages just yesterday.

On September 10, six laws were published on the official website of the DPR People's Council: “On the Ministry of State Security,” “On the Investigative Activities,” “On the Judicial System of the Donetsk People's Republic,” “On the Status of Judges,” “On the Prosecutor's Office,” as well as the Criminal Procedure Code  of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian mass media reported that two exarchs of Constantinople Patriarchate – Archbishop Daniel of Pamphylia (USA) and Bishop Hilarion of Edmonton (Canada) were appointed to Kiev. This is another step towards the establishment of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine, under the guise of which Poroshenko is planning to unite all the schismatic churches of the country.

The organizers of the murder of DPR Head Alexander Zakharchenko wanted to destabilize the situation in the Donbass, but they achieved the opposite effect: the population of the Republic has united even more. This was stated in an exclusive interview with RT by Acting Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin.

On September 10, the Acting Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin announced his resignation as the DPR People’s Council’s deputy.

To the President of Abkhazia Raul Khajimba I extend my deepest condolences in connection with the tragic loss of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia Gennady Gagulia.