At the meeting of the Federation Council are the deputies of the people’s Assembly of the DPR and LPR people’s Assembly, said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko.
MOSCOW, 23 Mar. Deputies of the parliaments of Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics are trained in the committees and the Council of the Federation, said the Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko.
“At the meeting of the Federation Council are the deputies of the people’s Assembly of the DPR and LPR people’s Assembly, our guests are studying in the committees of the chamber, the apparatus and its structural units,” — said Matvienko at the meeting of the Federation Council on Wednesday.
It is expected that MPs from LPR and the DPR will study the legislative practices in Russia and the peculiarities of legislative work.
The Ukrainian authorities in April 2014 began a military operation against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND, which declared independence after the coup in Ukraine in February 2014. According to the United Nations, victims of the conflict were more than 9 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, including during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September 2014, has already received three documents governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict, including the ceasefire. However, after the armistice agreements between the parties to the conflict continue shooting.