The head of the National Council of the self-proclaimed people's Republic of Donetsk Andrew Burgin doubt that the Law on the special status of the territory of Donbass ever to act.

"The law on the special status, until now not in force, so downloaded a bunch of conditions that he does not begin with ever," said Burgin Last news on Thursday.

according to the Minsk agreements, first to the people's Republic of Donbass - DNR and LC - granted special status, then elections are held there and only then is solved, what will be the final status of these territories from Ukraine.

on the first day of the weekend, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he considers possible the holding of elections in the Donbas before the end of the year.

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 Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone, as well as the exchange of prisoners.

According to the document, Kiev must end the economic blockade of Donbass, to carry out constitutional reform, involving decentralization, and to coordinate with the DNR and LC the Law on the special status of the region. However, on 17 March, the Parliament of Ukraine has defined the zone of action of the law on the special status of Donbass, accompanied by his amendment that would have kept the entry into force of the law before the Donbass local elections.

even before the adoption of the documents of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner LNR the Minsk talks Vladislav Danego said that they are beyond the powers of the Minsk agreements. Plenipotentiary representative of DNR in the contact group Denis argued that the adoption of the amendments to the law on the special status will be the " point of no return to Minsk ".


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.

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