Russian-backed rebels in east Ukraine have proclaimed the creation of a new state known as Malorossiya, which translates as “Little Russia.” Germany has condemned the proposal as “completely unacceptable”, Deutsche Welle reported.Rebel forces in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday announced that they plan to hold a referendum calling for the creation of a new state known as Malorossiya, which translates as “Little Russia.”In a statement published on the rebel-aligned Donetsk News Agency, rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko said that representatives from the self-declared “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk in east Ukraine had agreed to “declare the establishment of a new state, …read more
Source: Novinite
