The head of the DND Alexander Zakharchenko signed the Law, which empowers the Council of Ministers wide powers of supervision in the sphere of subsoil use, said the Ministry of coal and energy of the breakaway Republic.

The law was signed on 9 June 2015 and will become applicable from the date of its publication - June eleven. The document also defines legal and organizational principles of mining, the provision of emergency protection of mountain plants.

"For elimination of corruption schemes that have been observed in Ukraine, the law, the Council of Ministers DND endowed with greater powers in the sphere of subsoil use, rather than municipal authorities in Ukraine ", - told the Agency the developer of the document, the head of the parliamentary Department for nature use, environmental protection, subsoil and natural resources Alexander Yarovikov.

in the Donbas is the vast number of coal mines of Ukraine.

at rallies in early April of this past year the residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup, announced the development of " people's republics ". After held in may referendum of the Republic declared its sovereignty and later formed the Union of " new Russia ", put together their own authorities. The second of November in DND and LNR elections of heads of republics and deputies of the parliaments. The self-proclaimed Republic Kiev does not recognize.

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