Contents tagged with DPR
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Assassination attempt on DPR Defense Minister rocks Donetsk
Unknown persons shelled the “Defense Ministry” of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in Donetsk at roughly 19:00 local time on Thursday.
The DPR military said that they believe the explosion in the Defense Ministry building was an assassination attempt on “Minister” Vladimir Kononov, Interfax reports.
“This act of terror is considered an assassination attempt on DPR Defense Minister Vladimir Kononov,” a representative of the DPR Defense Ministry told reporters.
According to the …
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Journalist: US and EU intend to recognize spring elections in separatist-held territories of Ukraine
According to information from inside the circles of the Russian President’s confidant, Vladislav Surkov, and the United States Special Representative for Ukrainian Negotiations, Kurt Volker, Surkov and Volker have already agreed on conducting Ukrainian Parliamentary elections this Spring in the separatist-held territories of Ukraine, under the oversight of the OSCE monitoring mission and with open borders, as Sergey Garmash, a journalist from Donetsk relayed to InfoResist news website.
“The U. …
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Ukrainian government official: trade with separatist-held territories of Donbas is ‘absolutely legal’
During the Government Question Hour TV program, the representative of the Samopomich (Self-Reliance) party, Yehor Soboliev asked First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and simultaneously Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Stepan Kubiv, when the trade with the uncontrolled territories of Ukraine would be stopped.
Kubiv replied that trade with the separatist-held territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions is not inconsistent with existing Ukrainian legislation, Ukrayinska Pravda …
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Ukrainian Parliament refuses to recognize separatist DPR and LPR as ‘terrorist organizations’
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine refused to recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk [DPR] and Luhansk People's Republics [LPR] as "terrorist organizations" without collecting sufficient votes during the consideration of amendments to the bill on the reintegration of the Donbas, as NewsOne reports.
76 out of the 340 present in the hall deputies voted for the adoption of the amendments.
On January 16th, the Parliament of Ukraine discussed in the second reading a bill “On the peculiarities of state …
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Head of DPR Zakharchenko bans state officials from travelling to Ukraine
Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has banned the DPR’s state officials from travelling to territory controlled by Kyiv. According to the website of the Ministry of State Security, this decree was signed on December 15 in 2017.
According to the decree, the restriction was implemented due to “massive recruitment by Ukrainian special services of the DPR’s residents who cross the demarcation line with Ukraine” including government and local …
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President of South Ossetia says he often comes to eastern Ukraine to support Ossetians fighting on the side of separatists
In an interview with the WarGonzo project, the president of the self-proclaimed South Ossetia, Anatoliy Bibilov, admitted that during almost every trip to the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) he visits the front line and advises "volunteers" on the front line.
"As for my visit to the front line... I actually go there on almost every visit, especially when it concerns those guys from South Ossetia, and neighbors [in the Caucasus region] overall. Of course, I care about Ossetians. I'm …
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Putin gives rank of general to Kremlin’s promoter of separatism in Ukraine
On December 2, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin assigned the grade rank of Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, Third Class (corresponding to the rank of Major-General) to 27-year-old Inal Ardzinba, who is wanted in Ukraine on charges of terrorism, reported the Russian news agency Sputnik.
Ardzinba is the head of the Department of the Presidential Administration for Social and Economic Cooperation with the CIS member states, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Ardzinba has been …
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Separatist DPR considers legalizing blockchain mining and cryptocurrency transactions
The Donbas Post, which is controlled by the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic is planning to introduce blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, as stated in the publication ‘Ministries and Departments for 2018’ on the DNR-LIVE website.
The publication does not contain detailed information on the development of blockchain technology.
In November 2017, the Minister of Communications of the DPR, Viktor Yatsenko, called cryptocurrencies, “a promising mechanism to attract investment.”
“I am …
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DPR imposes sanctions on LPR
Authorities of the so-called DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) have banned the import of excisable goods (vodka, cigarettes, petroleum products and liquefied gas) from the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic).
"Resolution of the Council of Ministers" No. 16-12 of December 7 entered into force on December 27.
"To prohibit the importation into the territory of the DPR of excisable goods, regardless of the country of origin (with the exception of transit to the territory of the Russian Federation), …
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Zakharchenko: DPR cannot export any goods because no country recognizes it
The head of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), Alexander Zakharchenko, said that he does not like the state of industry in the separatist-controlled territory of the Donetsk region.
"Any enterprise - machine building, machine tool construction - assumes a certificate. These are documents that are recognized throughout the world. Unfortunately, at the moment we do not have this. The development of our industry is hampered not only by a lack of finance - we don’t have that either. But …