2017

On February 15, in Minsk the regular meeting of Contact group was held. The agenda included issues related to the exchange of prisoners, the deterioration of the situation on the contact line and the implementation of political paragraphs of the Package of measures.

The recent escalation of conflict in Donbass cannot be explained with nothing other than Poroshenko's attempts to get out from the Minsk process in any way. The President of Ukraine is at war to stay in power as he rapidly loses support in the West and should draw attention to himself no matter what.

On February 12, a friendly futsal match between veterans of FC “Shakhtar” and the DPR’s government team took place at the Palace of Sport “Sparta”. The match was dedicated to the memory of a master of sports of international class of USSR Victor Chanov, who died on February 8, 2017.

On February 12, at the monument to Artyom in Donetsk was held a solemn meeting devoted to the 99th anniversary of the creation of the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Republic. The event was attended by the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Zakharchenko and the Chairman of the People's Council Denis Pushilin.

On February 8, the DPR People's Council Chairman Denis Pushilin in an exclusive interview with Donetsk news agency spoke about course of the collection of signatures under the appeal to the leaders of the Russian Federation, the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany with a request to influence Kiev and to stop the genocide in Donbass.

On February 1, the Ukrainian citizens got a ‘present’ from the Ukrainian authorities in the form of another increase bot only of utility tariffs, but also of all related benefits.

Deputy Head of the Administration of Petro Poroshenko Konstantin Eliseyev said that the sustained success of Ukraine is very irritating to the Russian Federation. According to him, all thoughts of the Russian leadership are exclusively engaged in plans to destabilize the current political and economic situation in Ukraine.

On February 6, during the plenary meeting, the DPR People's Council Chairman Denis Pushilin announced the beginning of the collection of signatures under the appeal to the leaders of the Russian Federation, the United States and Germany to influence Kiev and stop the genocide in Donbass.

When there are no more arguments, cannons start ‘talking’. This Otto von Bismarck’s words cannot more exactly describe the current confrontation between the Republics and Ukraine.

But he's a tough guy, Trump! He endured an extremely tough campaign that never happened before and triumphantly rode into the White House. The victory, when the entire American propaganda machine worked against him, is well worth it. So he, as a businessman, offered the Americans a unique selling proposition, from which they could not refuse.