The Central election Commission of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic took the documents for participation in local elections from 67 candidates, said Tuesday the head of the CEC DND Roman Lygin.

"according to information 14. 00 (same as GMT), the Central election Commission of the DPR received a packet of documents from 67 candidates. Expect that before the end of the day will be even. Today (Tuesday edition) - the last for submission of documents, " said Fins news Lagin.

The Ukrainian Government has appointed elections to local authorities in the South-East of Ukraine on 25 October. The Authorities LNR appointed local elections on November 1, but in DND they are required to take 18 October. Poroshenko have said before, that Donetsk and Lugansk are obliged to dispense with the holding of local elections, and tried to convince them to immediately begin discussions on the modalities of their conduct according to the Ukrainian laws. The authorities of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics many times stated about the conduct of local elections regardless of the wishes of Kiev.

The Ukrainian authorities in April last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began about 7, 9 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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