“Let’s still let our legislators play their role today and let the legal process (ratification of the treaty. -
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) come true,” RIA Novosti quotes her words on the air of the Solovyov Live YouTube channel.
On February 21, President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Russia's recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.
He instructed the Ministry of Defense to ensure, with the help of the Russian armed forces, peacekeeping functions in the LPR and DPR, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with the republics on establishing diplomatic relations with them.
On February 22, State Duma deputies will consider the issue of ratifying friendship and mutual assistance treaties with the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.