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17 of March, 20:31

OSCE: Donbass all immigrants should be able to vote
All the Refugees who left the Donbass from the fighting, will be required to have the opportunity to vote in elections, which are provided by the Minsk agreements, said the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier.

"ought to do many more (for settlement): to stabilize the ceasefire, exchange of all prisoners, as many people are held. And then use the fresh step is the conduct of the elections. And it was important that they were open to All displaced persons. Refugees can vote And are required to have this opportunity, " said Zannier correspondents.

However, he said, because this applies to immigrants located within Ukraine And the Russian Federation.

"All are in the list of voters must be able (to vote)," he explained.

first Tuesday of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the Law by which the regions of Donbass controlled by the militia, will receive a special status after the local elections according to the laws of Ukraine And under the supervision of international observers.

The law on the special status of Donbass first was adopted by the Parliament, however, were not enforced. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has made an initiative to amend the document amendments once reached in Minsk agreements in mid-February. The President hopes that the Law on local self-government in certain areas of Donbass will resume Ukrainian sovereignty in these territories.

The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of Ukrainian settlement fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk, Under the mediation of the Russian Federation And the OSCE.

The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons And the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of a "silence" And report that conduct only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN And the EU on the introduction in the Donbass peacekeepers.

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