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26 of March, 15:30

Pushkov: West fell into the trap because of their policy towards Kiev
Western countries continue to condone Kiev regime and themselves trapped, for that reason, the law of the Verkhovna Rada of the special status of Donbass in practice neglected Europe, said on Thursday the head of Department of the state Duma Committee on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov.

"The Western countries continue to condone the Kiev mode. Now please note that there is almost no public reaction to the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada. Silent Hollande, some vague signals come from Berlin. Because the West is caught in a trap, " he said at a meeting of the working group Under the Chairman of the state Duma on the legal analysis of mandatory procedures and accept legal acts of Ukraine.

the story is about the law adopted by the Parliament on 17 March: Parliament of Ukraine has defined the zone of action of the law on the special status of Donbass and accompanied it with the amendments, postponing the entry into force of the law to conduct in local elections. Thus, in Accordance With the Minsk agreement of 12 February, Kiev must end the economic blockade of Donbass, to carry out constitutional reform, involving decentralization, and to coordinate With the authorities according to the law on the special status of the region.

According to Pushkov, this is because on the one hand, to Kiev, everything is allowed, as it is a geopolitical ally, and Russia is a geopolitical opponent, unfortunately, in the current reading of the law." Reverse hand, the obvious fact that this law violates the Minsk agreement, said the people's Deputy.

"Hence the silence of the Western main actors, and Hence the sense in Kiev that they have the opportunity to continue on the path. In this case, we must insist the only possible reading of these agreements, " added cannon.

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 next meeting of the contact group on the situation in the Donbas 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone, as well as the exchange of prisoners.

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