The decision of the leadership of the breakaway republics of Donbass about the postponement of local elections for the following year is welcome, but the main thing is that Kiev had "enough gunpowder" to fulfill their obligations, considers the 1st Deputy Chairman of the Department of the state Duma on international Affairs Leonid Kalashnikov.

On Tuesday, the envoys DND and LNR told that the authorities of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics agree to move local elections from November 1 and 18 October for the following year. While Kiev ahead of the local elections in the area will have to provide the Donbass special status and Amnesty, and to vote for amendments to the Constitution, reported in circulation authorized LNR and DND on Minsk talks Vladislav Danego and Denis Pushilin.

"LNR and DNR are going to meet Kiev, that declares that (Ukrainian President) Poroshenko. I welcome in principle the transfer of elections. How Poroshenko will have enough gunpowder to meet its obligations, I have big doubts, " said Kalashnikov Fins news .

He said that Kiev has repeatedly put forward different arguments in order to "freeze" the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

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