The self-proclaimed head of the Luhansk national Republic (LNR) Igor Carpenter signed a Decree that postpones the elections, first scheduled for 6 November.
"It is hereby resolved: to Defer the first elections of local heads, the date of which (06. Eleven. 2016) is defined by the decree of the head of the Luhansk national Republic from 22. 07. 2016 n 418/01/07/16 until the head of the Luhansk national Republic individual decisions about their date, "- said in the decree Carpenter, RIA " Novosti ".
The decree came into force on the date of its promulgation. Before that, the Head of the Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko has stopped action of the decree on local elections, which also had to be held on 6 November. On the first day of the week the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the elections in the Donbas can be held only after solving security issues, such as establishing surveillance over the border from armed of the OSCE mission. The Head of the foreign Ministry Pavlo Klimkin on the last working day of the week acknowledged the correction of the position of Kiev on the issue of Donbass, saying the need to first hold elections, and then to oversee the border. Klimkin said that the elections have the opportunity to pass even before the boundaries of the Ukrainian power structures. The print edition GLANCE, a detailed analysis of the meaning of this message. 2 November in DND and LNR began preliminary expression of the will. Thus on 22 September the Head of the Luhansk national Republic Igor Carpenter did not rule out that elections in local Authorities have the opportunity to move in the spring of 2017. September 7, Kyiv said that Ukraine is concerned about the organization of elections in the DNI and believes it is not in line with the Minsk agreements. The holding of local elections in the Donbass ? one of the key stages to resolve the conflict in Ukraine According to the Minsk agreements. The authorities proclaimed DND and LNR repeatedly stated that the electoral process must be harmonized with them. However, Kiev until now not adopted the necessary legislative acts.

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