The Plenipotentiary of Russia in the contact group on settlement in the East of Ukraine, Boris Gryzlov
© Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS
MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/. Russia insists that the law granting the Donbas special status has been renewed and amended by a provision on the entry into effect on a permanent basis. This was announced by the Plenipotentiary of Russia in the contact group on settlement in the East of Ukraine, Boris Gryzlov.
In an interview with the newspaper “Izvestia”, he recalled that the law “On special order of local government in certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions” was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada three years ago and it expires in mid-October of this year.