Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Carpenter are recognized self-proclaimed leaders of the Donetsk and Lugansk national republics, because signed received the blessing of the UN security Council Minsk consensus on the situation in Ukraine, said foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov In.. "Kiev also went to the consensus, it did not recognize the elections in LC and DNR. Moreover, in Kiev began to declare that will Lead the conversation about the election and the special status only with people who will be elected on the basis of conditions set by currently the Kiev authorities. They concluded that Kiev wants to keep control of these territories. Is nonsense. If the Kyiv authorities will achieve it, then, maybe, They generally are not willing to give a special status. Let me remind you, the current leaders - Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Carpenter - all recognized. So, if only because They signed the Minsk consensus, which, for their part, were endorsed by the UN Security Council, "Lavrov said in a conversation the" News on the first day of the weekend "on TV channel" Russia 1 ", RIA " Novosti ". The Minister called unimportant that the signatures Carpentry and Zakharchenko on the Minsk agreements are without the orders of their posts." It doesn't matter. Minsk consensus officially annexed to the draft decision, SA 2202 and are its integral part. The names of these people embodied in the consensus document resolution of the UN security Council. Moreover, in the preparatory stages within the Contact group, when the Lugansk and Donetsk appointed commissioners Plenipotentiary to negotiate, Kiev authorities did not want to meet them. And now - "give us Zakharchenko, give Carpenter" - This means that these citizens have some legitimate value for Kiev ", - said Lavrov. According to the Minister, such inconsistency is visible to all." But the trouble is that both the Americans and the Europeans (to a lesser extent) feel very uncomfortable when should criticize Kiev. They are trying to defend. They seem to be " nourished ", supported by the new Ukrainian government, forgive many things, But "can't take it", " he concluded. Lavrov also asked in persistent form to give the Donbass special status immediately, And not "hang" until that time, when Kiev has hopes to win him over. on March 17, people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada adopted amendments in the law on the special status of Donbass, according to which some areas of Donbass beyond the control of Kiev, will be endowed with a special status only after the local elections according to the laws of Ukraine and under the supervision of international observers. Also, the Parliament adopted a resolution on the recognition of individual areas of Donbass occupied at the time. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov had previously stated that the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the status of Donbass violate the Minsk consensus, in fact they're rewritten. 10px