Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, supported by the assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland, aims to demonstrate the desire of the Kiev authorities to implement the Minsk agreement, at the same time accusing Moscow of their sabotage, according to polled Last news professionals.

yesterday, the Parliament sent the Draft changes to the Constitution to decentralize power to the examination to the constitutional court (CC) of the country. The project for consideration in the Parliament made the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in early July, but the day before the vote were made, edit. In the original bill in its transitional provisions contained the rule that a special order of government in separate districts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions (special status, as envisaged by the Minsk agreements) will be determined by a separate legislative act. In the new wording of This provision has been moved into the text of the future of the new Constitution, but equally in its transitional provisions.

in LNR and DND told that Poroshenko made changes to the Draft amendments to the Constitution are irrelevant to the Minsk peace process and does not remove the conflict between Kiev and the Donbas in the issue of constitutional reform. However, Nuland, who was in Parliament during consideration of the bill, after the meeting of Parliament said, as Kiev Amendments allow to speak about the fact that the Ukrainian authorities have complied with their commitments under the Minsk agreements.


Member of the RF Public chamber Georgy Fedorov believes that the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine - a step Poroshenko, designed mostly for propaganda effect, instead of the real consequences.

"the overwhelming number of people didn't read the Minsk agreements, respectively, from Poroshenko That was propaganda in a move intended to demonstrate that with his hand, as if it was done all in their power. It's an old story and a well-known trick, " said Fedorov.

a similar view is held by Deputy Director of the Institute of CIS countries Vladimir Zharikhin.

"really, it (Nuland) has publicly acknowledged the whole point of this operation. Obviously

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