Topic: Donetsk, Kharkov, Lugansk - way to Russia. - page 49. (Read 734725 times)

And meanwhile, the heads of the Foreign Ministries of Normandy Four are discussing the possibility of sending peace keepers to Donbass.

DNR authorities have distributed some $30 million as pensions in March. Some of the locals are not happy, as the amounts were lower than what they had expected. But the majority are happy to have at least some money, which would cover the most basic needs.

Most of the pro-European, and therefore Ukrainian speaking people are speaking Ukrainian only for the public. The most of them are using Russian for everyday communication.

It´s a striking map. I guess that a major historical correction is inevitable sooner or later. It has in fact started in the Crimea and Donbass as we know. Good luck, g

I hate to say this, but this method is not very accurate. Most of the pro-European, and therefore Ukrainian speaking people are likely to use Facebook instead of VKontakte and Odnoklassniki.

The proportion of users, who stated their mother tongue as Russian (blue) or as Ukrainian (red) in the popular social media VKontakte [“Russian Facebook”].

There is some confusion regarding this. According to Reuters, it is $248 per thousand cubic meters as opposed to $329 per thousand cubic meters which Ukraine was paying earlier.

While the law banning films celebrating "occupiers" does not refer to any one country, the legislation's introductory text specifically targets Russia, which annexed Ukraine's Crimea region last year.

"Ukraine has suffered for years from the Russian Federation's crushing aggression in the information sphere," the text says.

"With time this has meant that a sizable part of Ukraine's citizens have stopped considering themselves as members of Ukrainian society and relate negatively to everything tied to Ukraine, her culture, and her society."

In other news, Russia gave Ukraine a discount on gas supplies. The price is set to $285.

Will Poroshenko begin from himself.

DNR authorities have distributed some $30 million as pensions in March. Some of the locals are not happy, as the amounts were lower than what they had expected. But the majority are happy to have at least some money, which would cover the most basic needs.

Speaking to the students at the Chernihiv National Pedagogical University in northern Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko decided to show off his knowledge of history and once again attempted to demonstrate the superiority of the Ukrainian nation to other nations, Ukrainian media reported.

“I think there are only a few universities in Europe who can trace their history back to 1700. When in Chernigov [Chernihiv] there were century-old churches, in Moscow there was only a swamp,” the president announced from his podium, accompanied by the students’ applause.

But Ukrainian media reported,“By this statement, Poroshenko put himself in a rather embarrassing position, as Moscow was founded in 1147. In the second half of the XIII century, Moscow became the center of an independent principality, and at the beginning of the XIV century, the residence of the metropolitans [archbishops of the Russian Orthodox Church of a city or region] was moved to Moscow making the city a religious center. Therefore, it remains a mystery how the city, which was founded in 1147, and by the beginning of the XV century became a major trade and crafts center, was only a swamp.”

Journalists also pointed out that back then, Chernihiv was a part of the Russian state.

“All this proves once again that Poroshenko has problems not just with history, but with math as well,” a Ukrainian news agency reported.

Meanwhile in DNR, social services started paying out pensions after a 6-month long pause. Payments are now done in Russian roubles or Ukrainian hrivna, with people preferring roubles. Postmen deliver pensions even to those pensioners, who live in the regions that come under Ukro-bombardment.

The passport will contain all the information in the Russian language, in particular on the place of birth, marital status, children, and military duty. The document will be issued only for those who have an official resident registration.

Now the Luhansk republic has all the official state symbols: a national flag (since November 2014), an emblem (since October 2014), an anthem and a constitution (since September 2014).

The Luhansk People’s Republic declared its sovereignty in April 2014 in response to Kiev’s attempts to suppress the opposition in south-eastern Ukraine. The Donetsk People’s Republic, also located on the territory of the coal-rich Donbas region, was proclaimed the same month.

After the May 2014 referendum, both regions signed an agreement on the creation of the Union of People’s Republics, Novorossiya.

KIEV, April 3. /TASS/. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has submitted a draft law on legal procedures for introducing a martial law to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament said on its website on Friday.

The document stipulates rules for introducing and lifting martial law in the country.

"A martial law is a special legal regimen that can be introduced in Ukraine or in parts of its territory in case of a military aggression or a threat of attack, a danger for Ukraine’s state independence and territorial integrity," the draft law says.

KIEV, April 3. /TASS/. Paramilitaries of Ukraine’s ultra-nationalist Right Sector will be enrolled in Ukraine’s army as contract soldiers, Yuri Biryukov, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, wrote in his Facebook account on Friday.

"Right Sector soldiers will be contracted by the 79th air mobile brigade," he wrote.