On February 20, a series of solemn events took place in the capital of the Republic, dedicated to Trade Union Workers Day, as well as to the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Federation of Trade Unions of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The events were attended by the DPR People’s Council Chairman, Vladimir Bidyovka, deputies, representatives of ministries and departments of the Republic, as well as guests from the Lugansk People’s Republic…

On February 19, a rally called “Donbass called us for heroic deeds” and dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the city’s liberation from the Ukrainian armed forces took place in Debaltsevo. The event was attended by the Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka, deputies, representatives of ministries and departments of the DPR, guests from the Lugansk People’s Republic and inhabitants of the city.

False information on the convening of an extraordinary plenary meeting of the DPR’s People’s Council is being disseminated on the Internet. As a confirmation of the information, Internet resources use a false ‘order’ of the Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council on convening the extraordinary plenary meeting, where an issue of reducing the funding of Republican coal enterprises by 30% will be considered.

In an interview with RIA Novosti, DPR People’s Council deputy Alexander Kamyshov noted the similarity of the Avakov, Zelensky and Poroshenko's rhetoric when it comes to Donbass.

For the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Minsk agreements are an opportunity to develop statehood and resolve the conflict in Donbass via diplomatic means. The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, Vladimir Bidyovka, talked about this on air of the Politkukhnia programme on Union TV channel.

The Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka described main provisions of a DPR’s Law “On minimum wage and amendments to the DPR’s law ʺOn wageʺ”, which was adopted by the parliament on February 14 of the current year, in a programme “From the first person” on a TV channel “Union”. ʺThe People’s Council has adopted a law on minimum wage amount, which is set at 6,065 Russian rubles. On the one hand, it is a guarantee at the…

On February 15, in Donetsk, the Lenin Komsomol Park of Culture and Leisure hosted a rally dedicated to the 31st anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladislav Berdichevsky gave his commentary to the press service of the People’s Council on a statement made by Alexander Korniyenko about a position of the President of Ukraine Zelensky on granting a special status to the DPR and LPR in the Constitution of Ukraine.

On February 13, DPR People’s Council Chairman Vladimir Bidyovka, together with members of the Presidium of the Youth Parliament, paid a working visit to the state general educational institution Makeyevka Special Boarding School No. 36. The meeting was also attended by the head of the Makeyevka town, Sergey Goloshchapov.

Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Valery Skorokhodov commented on a statement made by Daria Olifer following the negotiations of the Contact Group in Minsk.