#Commentary of Roman Malyutin on Klichko’s initiative to strengthen OSCE role in settlement of conflict in Donbass

The Kiev mayor Vitaly Klichko suggested that the OSCE Chairman appoint a special representative to the Donbass, arguing this initiative "the need to strengthen the role of the OSCE in resolving the conflict."Also, the Kiev mayor pointed out that this OSCE representative could have contacted all the parties involved in the settlement of the conflict. In other words, Klichko calls to include OSCE monitoring mission representatives in the
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Denis Pushilin: Ukraine continues to sabotage Minsk agreements (video)

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 participated in TV programme “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” on TV channel “Russia-1”.Denis Pushilin described the situation in the Donetsk People's Republic during the programme. ʺBombardments continue and the civilian population continues to die. Now we have no option but to
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Statement of Denis Pushilin on need to conduct inspections of critical infrastructure facilities on territory temporarily controlled by Ukraine

For several centuries the world has been associating the Donbass as a mining region. Most of the region population is connected in one way or another with the coal mining industry. And the events of recent years have not changed this.The significant scientific potential of the mining industry is concentrated here. Studying by real examples of accidents and the risks arising in the process of mining and coal processing, specialists of research
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People’s Council Chairman reports on DPR Parliament activities during spring session

On July 1, according to the agenda of the plenary session, the parliamentarians heard the report of the Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, which summed up the results of the work of the DPR Parliament for the spring session of 2017.In his speech, the Speaker of the Parliament noted the effectiveness of the work of certain relevant committees, raising the level of their interaction with the
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Denis Pushilin congratulates best graduates of Republic on results of 2016/17 academic year

On July 1, an annual Republican award ceremony “Graduate of the Year – 2017”, with the support of the Head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, took place in the Donetsk Centre of Slavic culture. The event was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Donetsk Academy of Management and Public Administration under the Head of the DPR and the DPR Trade Union of Scientific and Educational Workers.The Chairman of the DPR People's Council
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Head of Republic calls on parliamentarians to accelerate work on adoption of necessary bills

On July 1, the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Zakharchenko addressed the deputies before the beginning of the DPR People's Council’s plenary meeting of the spring session.In his statement, Alexander Zakharchenko noted the important role of the supreme legislative body of the Donetsk People's Republic in the process of establishment of statehood. According to the leader of the state, despite the difficulties caused by the military
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#Commentary of Alla Barkhatnova on Mariupol’s breaking relations with Russian cities

Breaking is not making. The City Council of Mariupol decided to sever relations with the Russian cities of Naryan-Mar and Taganrog. The so-called people's deputies found these friendships irrelevant.In such an industrial behemoth as Mariupol, local authorities certainly have more important things to do than to abolish contracts concluded in the early 1990s between sister cities. It is quite clear that the decision made meets the outline of the
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Denis Pushilin congratulates Republic’s economists on their professional holiday

On June 30, a solemn event on the occasion of the DPR Economists Day was held at the Donetsk Art and Exhibition Centre “Art–Donbass". The event was attended by the Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin and the Minister of Economic Development Victoria Romanyuk.In his address, the Speaker of the Parliament congratulated the economists of the Donetsk People's Republic on a professional holiday and stressed the importance of this
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#Commentary of Valery Skorokhodov on West’s reluctance to influence Ukraine in Minsk process

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov criticized the western approach to resolving the conflict in Donbass. The West has traditionally shifted all responsibility for the implementation of the Minsk agreements to Moscow and it does not remind Kiev that Ukraine is designated as the sole executor in certain paragraphs.At the same time, Ukraine, in accordance with the Set of Measures, should harmonize the
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#Commentary of Elena Melnik on Poroshenko’s ridiculous excuses about causes of corruption in Ukraine

President of Ukraine Pyotr Poroshenko referred the reluctance of the authorities to fight corruption to the difficult Soviet legacy. The efforts of the Ukrainian leader to head all the corruption schemes are not in vain - the oligarch significantly increased his personal wealth, showing an example to his entourage, helping him to rob the Ukrainian people.Western curators are well aware of the fact that Poroshenko's team has perfectly integrated
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