The humanitarian programme for the reunification of the people of Donbass, which has been in force for over half a year, is a major project designed to support our compatriots, who live on the other side of the line of contact and to prevent the severance of centuries-old cultural and historical ties between people.

The leadership of the Donetsk People's Republic is opposed to resolving political issues by organizing terrorist acts. It was stated by 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 in “Time will show” programme on the Russian First TV channel.

The Ukrainian law on Donbass Special Status sets out a possibility of free interaction of Donbass with the regions of the Russian Federation in cultural and economic terms. It was stated by 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 in “Path of truth” programme on “Novorossiya TV” channel.

Yesterday, Putin and Steinmeier discussed the situation in Ukraine, including the question of the United Nations Mission in Donbass. In connection with the Minsk agreements, the President of the Russian Federation referred to the “Steinmeier Formula” with the hope that it would be implemented.

The issues of integration with Russia are now addressed more substantively. It was stated by 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 in “Point of view” programme on the First Republic TV channel.

The decrees, orders and laws of the Russian Federation are not the subject of discussion in Minsk. It was stated by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin in “Interview about main issues” programme on “Oplot TV” channel.

For the fourth consecutive year, the President of Ukraine has been promising to ruthlessly fight corruption with the help of an anti-corruption court. Under pressure of the West, Poroshenko promised to create a long-awaited judicial instance in the shortest possible time, literally before the end of the year.

The Security Service of Ukraine refuted information that the special services had prevented the assassination of the Ukraine’s president. This is a rare case of the information, which became available to the public, being deemed not to be credible. Earlier, a few days ago, Poroshenko was publicly caught in rigging of a photo in his tweet, but the Ukrainian president did not hasten to apologize.

There is no constructive approach on the part of Ukraine in the Minsk negotiating process at the moment. It was stated by 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 in the interview to the correspondent of “Oplot” TV channel.

On October 20, a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the municipal educational institution “Lyceum №1 “Leader” took place in Makeyevka. The event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Republic.