“It happened that many have been waiting for a long time, especially those who live on the territory of the DPR and LPR.

As far as I know from friends and acquaintances, there are now fireworks and a really popular holiday, ”the expert said.

Commenting on the address of the President of Russia, the specialist noted that Vladimir Putin recalled the events that could "be erased from memory."

Dudchak also stressed that in recent days Ukraine has not been doing anything else but “mocking the Minsk agreements along, across, and diagonally.”

But as the political scientist added, now people have hope that "this is not endless." 

Earlier, Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Russia's recognition of the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

Deputy Chepa, in an interview with RT, called the recognition of the DPR and LPR the only right step.