Local elections in Ukraine’s Donbass region will be held in 2016 instead of this year, French President Francois Hollande has said.The announcement has come after a “Normandy Four” summit between the leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia, the website Lenta.ru reports.Initially, the vote was to be held later in October, alongside regular regional elections on October 25, but separatists who control parts of Donbass previously announced they were intending to hold a vote on October 18.At the Paris meeting held Friday, Hollande called on Donbass rebels to respect the Minsk agreement, meaning the vote should not be organized separately …read more
Source: Novinite
