On December 27, young ice skaters from the Donetsk People's Republic with the assistance of the Russian Center visited the ice show "Ruslan and Lyudmila" in Moscow. The Chairman of the People's Council of the DPR, the head of the Russian Center Denis Pushilin told the press service of the parliament details of the event.

On December 26, as a part of the working visit of a parliamentary delegation from the DPR to Khanty-Mansiysk, relatives of the deceased volunteers of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, who were killed in the Donetsk People's Republic, were awarded tributes of the DPR.

On December 26, as a part of the working visit of a parliamentary delegation from the DPR to Khanty-Mansiysk, an agreement on social and cultural cooperation between the Russian Center and the Public Chamber of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra was signed.

Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the Donetsk People's Republic at the talks of the Contact Group in Minsk Denis Pushilin commented on the situation with the planned exchange of prisoners and noted that the Republic had expected to hold it on December 27.

Despite the support of the armistice and the implementation of the Minsk agreements expressed by Ukraine, Ukraine continues violating the first and main point of the accords – the "silence regime".

On December 22, according to the agenda of the plenary session, in the framework of parliamentary control over the activities of the Council of Ministers in accordance with the current legislation, the Acting Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Finance Minister Ekaterina Matyushchenko addressed the deputies with a report on the results of 2017.

On December 20, in Minsk, the final in 2017 meeting of the Contact Group on peaceful settlement of the Donbass conflict was held. The agenda of the meeting included issues of compliance with a ceasefire regime, the implementation of agreements on the withdrawal of prohibited weapons and the disengagement of forces and facilities, as well as discussion of the preparation process for the exchange of prisoners.

The Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the Permanent Representative of the DPR to the Contact Group in Minsk, Denis Pushilin, called the decision of the Russian Federation to cease operations within the Joint Center for Control and Coordination and leave the zone of armed conflict in the Donbass forced.

On December 15, according to the adopted decree of the DPR People’s Council, the awarding of Alexander Timofeyev with the Badge of Honour of the People's Council, as well as the awarding of Igor Andriyenko with the Diploma of the People's Council took place.

On December 15, according to the agenda, in the framework of parliamentary control over the activities of the Council of Ministers, Acting Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alexander Timofeyev reported before the deputies on the results of the work of the economic bloc of ministries and departments in 2017.