: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukraine parliament extends insurgents? self-rule by one year


KIEV: A raucous Ukrainian parliament on Friday extended by another year the self-rule of its two Russian-backed insurgent regions of Lugansk and Donetsk under a set of strict conditions.
The vote has been welcomed by Ukraine’s Western partners but bitterly opposed by hard-core nationalists who set off flares outside the chamber during the first debate held on Thursday.
Deputies voted on Friday by a 229 to 57 margin to extend “local self-government in individual districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions” — once all Russian troops and arms are withdrawn from Ukraine’s war-scarred east.
The measure is required because the initial three-year period …read more

Source: The News International

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