Denis Pushilin: Representatives of OSCE SMM have no more privileges (video)

The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, the permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR at negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin commented on the situation regarding the cancellation of the priority right of the OSCE SMM representatives to pass through border crossing checkpoints and roadblocks.ʺThe actions of the OSCE SMM have recently become typical and, of course, they are extremely painful for us. There has been one-sided coverage
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#Commentary of Elena Melnik on Ukraine’s announcement of substituting journalism for ‘communication science’

According to Ukrainian media, the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine initiates the introduction of a new subject area - "communication science". The innovation is quite relevant for the ruling regime in Ukraine, since it is simply impossible to include what is happening with the media in the country in the concept of "journalism".Journalism implies the adherence to the principles defined in 1983 in Paris and Prague on the basis of the
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Denis Pushilin: We are ready to comprise in order to achieve peaceful settlement of conflict

The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, the permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR at negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin participated in the TV programme “Vesti” on TV channel “Russia-24”.Denis Pushilin described the process of negotiations in Minsk and how Ukraine was delaying the process of resolving the conflict during the TV programme. ʺWhen it was agreed to create a “Normandy format”, it was stated that decisions would
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Denis Pushilin: Ukraine drags out process of Minsk agreements’ implementation

The United States began to pay more attention to the armed conflict in the Donbass. So, recently there was received information about a possible visit of the State Department's Special Representative Kurt Volker to the Donetsk People's Republic. On July 24, Denis Pushilin, Chairman of the DPR People's Council, reported about it on the air of the programme "Time will show" on the Russian Channel One."I would not exclude the possibility of such a
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#Commentary of Ekaterina Martyanova on desperate attempts of Ukrainian officials to legitimize corruption

In fact, the chairman of the Donetsk regional military-civil administration Pavel Zhebrivsky boasted of a legal bribe when he declared a 'material aid' in the amount of 1 050 000 hryvnia, received from a large producer of pharmaceuticals - the company "Farmak".It's no secret that by virtue of his official position, Zhebrivsky can have a significant impact on the choice of contractor for the supply of medicines to the region, and thus, he just
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#Commentary of Marina Zheynova on whose account Ukraine tackles problem of ‘energy dependence on Russia’

Ukraine's power economy is falling rapidly into an abyss and, against the backdrop of an announced in October by the NJSC “Naftogaz” increase in gas prices for the population by 19% or 931 hryvnias for 1,000 cubic meters, Groysman’s fairytales about the monetization of subsidies are another lie. Since there is no money in the budget.Let us first figure out what we need in order for an energy industry to work, to ensure the need for power and to
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Denis Pushilin comments on Kurt Volker’s possible visit to DPR

The Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the Permanent Representative of the DPR to the Contact group at the talks in Minsk, Denis Pushilin, positively assessed the potential possibility of the visit of the US State Department Special Representative Kurt Volker to the Donetsk People's Republic, but noted that there was no official confirmation of his intention to visit the Republic's territory."We positively perceive any possibilities for a
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Denis Pushilin opens Head of Gorlovka Administration’s Cup autocross tournament

On July 23, autocross competitions for the Head of Gorlovka City Administration’s Cup took place. The sporting event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin and the People's Council deputies Mikhail Tikhonov, Alexander Bykadorov, Jaroslav Konnikov and Alexander Kostenko.The Speaker of the DPR Parliament congratulated the participants and spectators of the competition on the opening of the tournament. ʺI am very
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Denis Pushilin’s statement due to removal of priority right of passage through ports of entry and checkpoints with representatives of OSCE SMM

Recently, the OSCE mission has been covering information that is more advantageous to the Ukrainian side.Yesterday, on July 21, 2017, Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE to Ukraine Alexander Hug visited the settlements of Yasinovataya, Krytaya Balka and Vasiliyevka. During this visit, units of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade opened fire twice from 120-mm mortars. In particular, at 12:13 - on the Yasinovataya area and at 14:35 - on
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#Commentary of Denis Pushilin on presence of Republics’ representatives in JCCC

As an integral part of the meetings of the Contact group and the Subgroup on Security, we have repeatedly raised the issue of the need to resume the official participation of representatives of Republics in Joint Centre for Control and Coordination on a parity basis, as was the case prior to the introduction by the Ukrainian side of a special order for crossing the demarcation line on January 22, in 2015.At that time, our representatives were
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