Contents tagged with Elections in the Donbas

  • Elections for leader of separatist LPR to be held in fall 2018

    Elections for the “head of the LPR” will be held in the fall of 2018, said the head of self-proclaimed separatist republic Leonid Pasechnik.

    “I announce, with a great sense of responsibility, that I intend to participate in the autumn elections as a candidate for the leader of the Luhansk People’s Republic in order to fully fulfill the tasks set before us,” Russian news agency TASS quoted Pasenchik as saying.

    According to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Luhansk, its leader is …

  • EU Ambassador to Ukraine: Elections in the Donbas are possible only with the participation of Ukrainian parties and Ukrainian media

    According to the Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine, Hugues Mingarelli, local elections in the separatist-held areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are possible if they include the participation of Ukrainian parties and Ukrainian mass media, which should cover the elections.

    In his interview with UNIAN news agency, while answering a question concerning the statements of German Ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel that elections in the Donbas are possible even in the presence …