LPR and DPR demand special status from Kyiv - political divorce under economic union
Moscow - Kyiv, December 5 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - DPR and LPR, which previously ignored the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on the special status of their territories, demand its implementation, writes NG. Official representatives of the LPR and DPR in the Minsk negotiation process, Vladislav Deinego and Denis Pushilin, released a joint statement in which they called on Ukraine to implement the Law “On a special procedure for local self-government in certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.” This is associated with Moscow’s course towards the economic reintegration of Donbass into Ukraine while maintaining its political independence.
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According to Ukrainian law, in those areas of Donbass that are not controlled by Kiev, local government elections were to take place on December 7. Kyiv guaranteed them expanded powers, but on the condition that Ukraine retained its jurisdiction over the entire territory of Donbass. The republics did not accept this proposal in October-November. On November 2, elections were held, which Kyiv did not recognize. The law on special status formally continues to operate. It, among other things, talks about the obligations of the Ukrainian side to finance the region. However, from December 1, in the territories subordinate to the LPR and DPR, government institutions stopped operating, funding lines were closed, and the payment of salaries, pensions, and social benefits was stopped.
Now, during negotiations, the DPR and LPR demand that Kyiv restore economic ties with the region. Kyiv insists that Ukraine’s jurisdiction over Donbass must first be restored, the newspaper recalls. According to respondents "NG" According to Kyiv experts, Ukraine’s position is tough and it will not agree to any compromises such as recognition of Crimea as Russian in exchange for Donbass.
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