The Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the Permanent Representative of the DPR to the Contact Group in Minsk, Denis Pushilin, called the decision of the Russian Federation to cease operations within the Joint Center for Control and Coordination and leave the zone of armed conflict in the Donbass forced.

The Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the head of the Russian Centre, Denis Pushilin, commented on the concert of Russian artist Alexey Vorobyov, which was organized by the Russian Centre and took place on Sunday, December 17, in the concert hall of the Slavic Culture Centre in the DPR capital.

It is important for the representatives of the legislative and executive branches of power to jointly determine the main aspects of the formation of social policy for the next year, that is why government hours take place in the parliament of the Republic, Denis Pushilin, the Chairman of the People's Council, told in an interview to the correspondent of the official website of the DPR.

The leadership of Ukraine already directly and straight from the shoulder recognizes that the trade and transport blockades of the Republics have negatively affected the economy of the 'independent'. Only in 2017, its economy has lost 1.8 billion dollars. Previously, Groisman claimed that Ukraine was losing from 2 to 4 billion UAH a month from the trade blockade of the Republics.

On December 15, within the parliamentary hour, the Minister of Coal and Energy Eduard Golenko presented a report on the work of the relevant ministry, after which the deputies asked him clarifying questions.

On December 15, according to the adopted decree of the DPR People’s Council, the awarding of Alexander Timofeyev with the Badge of Honour of the People's Council, as well as the awarding of Igor Andriyenko with the Diploma of the People's Council took place.

On December 15, according to the agenda, in the framework of parliamentary control over the activities of the Council of Ministers, Acting Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alexander Timofeyev reported before the deputies on the results of the work of the economic bloc of ministries and departments in 2017.

On December 14, Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin, Acting Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Dmitry Trapeznikov, as well as Acting Minister of Justice Elena Radomskaya visited the United Registration Centre in the city of Donetsk, which began its work on November 23, 2017.

On December 14, according to the agenda of the plenary session, parliamentarians considered the draft law "On Ratification of the Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Treaty between the Donetsk People's Republic and the Republic of South Ossetia".

On December 14, according to the agenda of plenary session, the Acting Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Dmitry Trapeznikov made a report on the results of work for 2017 in the framework of parliamentary control over the activities of the Council of Ministers under current legislation.