The Russian Foreign Ministry sees Donbass as part of the Ukrainian state
Moscow - Kyiv, December 15 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Ryabov) - Donbass should remain part of Ukraine, whose authorities should reform the Constitution, granting broad powers to the regions of the country.
This follows from an interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, published on the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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“I really hope that the steps that the Ukrainian leadership is taking, provoking the rejection of Donbass, will be stopped, and Kyiv’s course will change to dialogue with Donbass and reaching agreements that will ensure equal, mutually respectful living in Ukraine for all its citizens and regions. Let me emphasize once again - for this it is necessary to insist on Ukraine fulfilling what it took back in April of this year. obligations to carry out a comprehensive transparent constitutional reform with the participation of all regions and political forces of Ukraine,” the official said once again.
“Russia is now the only country that is achieving this, insisting on fulfilling obligations to carry out constitutional reform with the participation of all regions and political forces of Ukraine. Insists on agreeing on such parameters of cohabitation that would respect the characteristics and specifics of ethnic, religious groups, minority rights, obligations under the conventions of the Council of Europe, other documents, incl. OSCE, so that all citizens of Ukraine can elect the leaders of their regions, understand that these people represent their interests, be able to financially provide for their needs through an agreement with the center on tax issues, use their own language, celebrate their own memorable dates, and not those imposed by one part of the country, such as, for example, the idea of celebrating the birthdays of Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych as national holidays of Ukraine. I don’t see how such dates can be celebrated in the East and South of Ukraine - May 9 is still celebrated there. We need to start from this reality. You cannot impose one ideology on the whole country when there are several of them,” Lavrov said.
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