Moscow welcomes the decision of the Donetsk and Luhansk to postpone local elections for the following year, said Last news press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

"We welcome this decision ", - said Sands.

The Ukrainian government has appointed elections to local authorities on 25 October. The authorities of the self-proclaimed LNR going to hold elections November 1, and DPR - 18 October.

Lugansk information center on Tuesday released a report that envoys DND and LNR on Minsk talks Vladislav Danego and Denis Pushilin, according to which the authorities of the breakaway republics agree to move local elections to November 1 and from 18 October for the following year.

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