In the process of negotiations "channel four" in Minsk, the head of Ukraine Poroshenko has made the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin to take Donbass ", informs referring to its sources. according to the newspaper, Vladimir Putin at a closed meeting with the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs (RSPP) told that the talks "channel four" in Minsk Petro Poroshenko has made the initiative to him, "take Donbass" in Russia. "He (Poroshenko.- ed.) directly declared to Me: "Take Donbass ". I replied: "Mad? I Donbass not needed. If you don't need, will announce its independence ", - quotes the words of Forbes President of the Russian Federation. Poroshenko, According to Vladimir Putin, said that the Ukrainian authorities do not have the opportunity to do so. In this case, the Ukrainian authorities are obliged to pay the people of Donbass pensions, allowances and to restore the banking system, said Putin. One of the participants of the meeting confirmed that Putin spoke about the unexpected proposal Poroshenko. "Poroshenko has made Russia's initiative to pick up the Donbass for financial support. But Putin said about the fact that talking about it can only go in If the Donbass will become part of Russia, as long as the Donbass part of Ukraine and all payments must be from the Ukrainian side, " said the interlocutor of Forbes. The President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that can neither assure nor deny the story sources Forbes, because Putin's conversation with RSPP was closed. Press Secretary Petro Poroshenko the United States has not responded to repeated phone calls. For its part, the Commissioner of German Chancellor Angela Merkel could not say whether she had heard the proposal of President Putin about the status of the Donbas. To the messenger Hollande also call failed, emphasizes Forbes. dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures 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.