The self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic (DND) Alexander Zakharchenko said that the failure by Kiev of its obligations to the residents of the region is a de facto recognition of the independence of the Republic.

in November 2014, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree, which is called the " decree on economic blockade ": the territory of Donbass, controlled by the security forces, the withdrawal of all state agencies, banks and even prisons. Some steps were written for pensioners. To continue to receive pensions, they now have to enter your data within, controlled by power structures. The Finance Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic first declared that Kiev had left without payments over 1, 2 million pensioners.

"De facto it turns out, we are independent, because Ukraine ceased to pay our residents social benefits, pensions, Etc., that is, obligations that they must fulfill before the residents of his country. If they do not, they are de facto us realized. De jure - no, as long as we are still unrecognized by the state, " said Zakharchenko on the first day of the weekend in conversation British television and radio Corporation.

According to the head of the DNR, Ukraine is not willing to address the complex issues within the framework of the Minsk agreements.

"Ukraine wants not entirely something to push, something to solve. It's not right. If you can agree to solve it, we must move steadily ahead, and solve everything that is written there. If This is not done, the Minsk consensus are deemed not enforceable and is void, " - said Zakharchenko.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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