“Deputies of the State Duma consider the recognition of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic justified and morally justified.
Over the past years, on the basis of the popular will, democratic bodies and states have been built in the republics with all the attributes of legitimate power, ”the text of the document posted in the Duma electronic database says.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that in light of the fact that the settlement of the intra-Ukrainian conflict is dragging on and reaching a dead end, it is difficult to make any forecasts about the prospects for the region.
Vladimir Putin commented on the situation in which the population of Donbass lives.
He noted that “people living in the two so far unrecognized republics, the LPR and the DPR, are also constantly threatened by the movement of military units near their territories.”