Friday, March 29

Russia prepares a law to recognize the independence of the Ukrainian Donbass


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how would i do Russia in August 2008, when it recognized the independence of the Georgian rebel territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Duma (Lower House of the Russian Parliament) considered doing the same with the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk Y Lugansk in the Donbass region, in Ukraine. Both separatist enclaves are the cause of the current tension between Moscow and the West.

The president of the Duma, Viacheslav Volodin, said this Friday: “We see the president – ​​of Ukraine – Volodymyr Zelensky ignoring the Minsk agreements. NATO wants to occupy Ukraine and either one or the other can lead to a tragedy. We must not allow it.” In his opinion, “solutions must be found to guarantee the safety of our citizens and compatriots” in Donetsk and Lugansk.

Russia has already issued nearly 100,000 passports to citizens of eastern Ukraine.

So Volodin explained that this is an initiative of the deputies of the communist party of the Russian Federation, headed by Gennadi Zyuganov, consisting of approving the request that the president Vladimir Putin recognize Donetsk and Lugansk as independent states. The head of the Russian Legislative assured that “Sergei Mirónov has already declared that his parliamentary group, Just Russia, is willing to support the bill and also, more broadly, the Liberal Democratic Party” (LDPR) of the ultranationalist Vladímir Zhirinovsky.

The Kremlin party, United Russia, to which Volodin belongs, has not yet spoken, but he will do what Putin says, on whom it ultimately depends whether or not the proposal progresses. In any case, the fact that the issue is raised on the day that the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States meet in Geneva to try to de-escalate the tension over Ukraine, indicates that it is an instrument of pressure more than Moscow, like the announcement of naval maneuvers in half the world.

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United Russia holds the absolute majority in the Duma and with the support of the other groups in the hemicycle, overwhelming support for the motion would be achieved. The Speaker of the Chamber stated that “United Russia deputies, who have repeatedly spoken out on this issue, are also concerned about the lives of Russian citizens and compatriots living in the Donetsk and Lugansk Territory. This is a very serious and responsible matter.”

In this regard, he pointed out that “consultations with the spokesmen of the different parliamentary factions will be held next week to discuss the initiative and then, based on the results obtained, it will be taken to the Council of the State Duma.”

After Georgia tried to recover South Ossetia by force, in August 2008, Moscow sent troops to the area, defeated the Georgian forces and recognized the independence of that enclave and also of Abkhazia. Subsequently, as independent states, it concluded with them two agreements of “military cooperation”, which allowed the deployment of the Russian Army in their respective territories. De facto, South Ossetia and Abkhazia are currently Russian protectorates, where Georgia has no business. Exactly the same could happen with Donetsk and Lugansk, if an agreement between Russia, Ukraine and the West is not reached or if NATO does not prevent it, something that is guessed very unlikely.

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