On Friday 19, 2016, the participants of the round table on the topic "Life of the Republic: socio-political and socio-economic aspects" discussed the implementation of Minsk agreements by Ukraine and residents application of the LPR to the UN Security Council.

On August 19, 2016, an international round table on the topic “Life of the Republic: socio-political and socio-economic aspects” has taken place in the Luhansk People's Republic.

Coming to power on a wave of radical nationalism, the outbreak of war against own people by hands of same rabid nationalists, Donbass' genocide and terrorist acts against Crimea – such a vector of Ukraine's development is extremely difficult to call it successful.

The Chairman of the People's Council of the DPR, permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR in the trilateral contact group at negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin in the programme “Conversation” on TV channel “Union” spoke about the economic blockade of Donbass.

Recently, the conflict between the Kiev authorities and the Ukrainian radical organizations has been escalating more and more. Ukrainian radicals are extremely dissatisfied with those crumbs from the table of oligarchic that they are given.

I am proud of my people who weren’t frightened by the unknown, and who took responsibility for their land on May 11, 2014. At that time we were all eager to act, to change our lives; we said fine phrases and high slogans. Now it's time to replace these calls with routine work of their implementation.

On August 17, 2016, the deputies of the DPR People's Council Ekaterina Martyanova and Elena Melnik, as well as representatives of the central committee of the “People's control” within the project “Care” visited the republican specialized orphanage for HIV-infected children in Makeevka.

Dissent of Verkhovna Rada from the law on the Special Status of Donbass – it's just an excuse of Petro Poroshenko who doesn't want to recognize the DPR, said in an interview with “Life” the plenipotentiary representative of the DPR in the trilateral contact group at negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin.

On August 7, 2016, a group of Ukrainian diversionists tried to enter the territory of the peninsular Crimea to commit a number of terrorist acts on the Russian Federation territory.

Another foreign company, namely, the German company Henkell & Sohnlein Sektkellereien KG may leave the Ukrainian market. It would seem that the Ukrainian authorities have to do everything possible to avoid capital flight and keep investors, but no. In practice, opposite happens.