The Russian Federation must respond to the lawlessness happening in Ukraine by officially recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
The head of the Communist Party faction, Gennady Zyuganov, stated this during a briefing, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“What Bandera, the Nazis and Poroshenko are doing in Ukraine has no analogues in history. We have resisted and will actively resist this. We call for recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
On New Year's Eve we sent the 76th convoy there - 150 tons. Only Kolomeytsev from the Rostov region sent 50 thousand children’s gifts there and himself went to Donetsk and presented them. And here in Russia, I received 2 thousand children of Donbass who went through an excellent school of internationalism, patriotism and health improvement. January 18 marks the 350th anniversary of the famous Pereyaslav Rada, when Bogdan Khmelnitsky extended his hand and declared: “We do not need an alliance with either the infidels or the Catholics. We need an alliance with Orthodox Russia and we will do everything to be united and in friendship.” We support this policy and will continue,” said the head of the communists.