CNN: France asked Putin "not to comply with the request of the State Duma" on the LNR and DNR

“We remain vigilant and ask (Putin. -

) not to comply with the request of the Duma,” RIA Novosti quoted an interlocutor as saying.

Earlier, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the State Duma voted at a plenary session to send an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin recognizing the independence of the LPR and DPR.

He signed a draft appeal to the president.

Vladimir Putin noted that the authorities will act on the basis of "not fully realized opportunities for the implementation of the Minsk agreements."