February 2019

The development of partnership between a government and society is one of the top priorities facing the Republic’s leadership. This was stated by the People’s Council’s deputy Andrey Bayevsky in an interview to the Donetsk News Agency.

On February 28, in the capital of the Republic, in the assembly hall of the Central Executive Committee of the Donetsk Republic public movement, the results of work for February 2019 were summed up. The event was attended by the DPR Chairman of the People’s Council, Vladimir Bidyovka, the head of the Donetsk Republic faction, Valery Skorokhodov, and deputies of the People’s Council.

One of the most actual tasks, which the authority faces today, is the involvement of youth in the government. This mechanism is in the process of being established, that is why it is necessary to form effective structures to protect the rights and interests of youth. A public, advisory and consulting body in the form of the Youth Parliament will be this structure.

On February 27, the press centre of the Donetsk News Agency hosted a briefing by Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka regarding the creation of the Youth Parliament in the DPR.

The Ukrainian mass media conduct mass information campaign on alleged violations of citizens’ rights for freedom of religion in the DPR. The reason was the DPR’s law “On freedom of religion and religious communities”, according to which previously existing religious organizations had to provide an authorized body (the Ministry of Culture) with documents for state registration (reregistration) until March 1, 2019 (p.5 art. 32).

On February 26, in the capital of the Republic, a working meeting of the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, Vladimir Bidyovka, with colleagues from the Kostroma region of the Russian Federation was held. The delegation included deputy of the Kostroma City Duma Dmitry Kudrya, doctor of law, professor, Vladislav Gruzdev, member of the central board of the All-Russian organization "Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans", Vladimir Vnukov.

Gruesome news marred this day: a civilian car was blown up near the “Yelenovka” border crossing station, two people were killed, another one was injured and medics are fighting for his life.

The current government of Ukraine and its president, Pyotr Poroshenko, are attempting to raise their ratings in any way, by speculating in the most brazen manner on socially relevant topics. In my opinion, nothing good will obviously come out of it, especially since Poroshenko, in pursuit of votes, uses the theme of religion.

Today, the problem of information security has become particularly acute. In this regard, I developed and registered in the People’s Council a draft law of the Donetsk People’s Republic “On Amendments to Article 20 of the DPR Law “On Information and Information Technologies” and the DPR Law “On Mass Media””.

Today, a draft law “On languages in the Donetsk People’s Republic” was registered on the International Day of Native Language in the People’s Council. A language issue was politicized both in the USSR and Ukraine, it was constantly being used for manipulations and propaganda.