“We will, and I will proceed from the fact that we must do everything to solve the problems of Donbass, but do it the way the Federal Chancellor (German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. -

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) said, primarily based on not completely realized opportunities for the implementation of the Minsk agreements,” Putin said.

He noted that the vote in the Duma was due to the fact that the deputies of parliament "are guided by public opinion", they "subtly feel it."

“And in this regard, it is quite obvious: in our country, the vast majority of people sympathize with the inhabitants of Donbass, support them and hope that the situation there will radically change for the better for them,” the president said at a press conference following Russian-German talks.

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.