The head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the necessity of resuming the work of the contact group in Ukraine, maybe in the form of videoconference.

" Putin and Merkel stressed the urgency of resuming the work of the contact group, may be in the form of videoconference ", said press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov reporters after talks Putin and Merkel, who was supposedly lasted an hour and a quarter, and was completely devoted to the situation in Ukraine.

Also, according to him, Putin and Merkel believe that to resume the work of the contact group required a speedy announcement stop the fire and the exchange of prisoners.

" in addition, their vision for the full resumption of the work of the contact group have need speedy announcement stop the fire, the exchange of prisoners, the resumption of monitoring activities, " - said the press Secretary of the head of the Russian Federation.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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