Separatists restrict import of goods from Ukrainian territory
The import of products by citizens of Ukraine was restricted to 50 kg per person in the Donetsk People’s Republic. In November 2016, the maximum permissible weight of products allowed for import to the territories of the Donbas, which are beyond Kyiv’s control, was increased from 50 to 75 kg per person, an OSCE SMM report says.
However, OSCE observers later recorded several cars in the queue at the entrance and exit of a so-called DPR checkpoint. “An armed representative of DPR told the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission that each citizen can carry no more than 50 kg of products to the regions controlled by DPR,” according to a statement by the organization.
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, previously stated that the breadwinners of Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics had been detained.