“A lot of events have been planned for the 12th (May. - RT ) ... A holiday is a holiday, after all this is the fifth anniversary, this is our first anniversary milestone. We want to celebrate it, to hold wide mass events ... With fireworks, with songs ... All these events, of course, will be organized, ”he specified.
Earlier, Pasechnik commented on Russia's decision to start issuing passports under a simplified scheme to residents of certain regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine.
In turn, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that this decision of Moscow does not pose a threat to peace and security.