Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Russia's Parliament Votes To Recognize Separatist Regions In Eastern Ukraine

Russia's State Duma. Sophia Sandurskaya / Moskva News Agency 

 Moscow Times: Russian Parliament Backs Plan to Recognize Breakaway Ukrainian Regions 

The motion raises tensions, even as Russian troops begin a partial withdrawal from the Ukrainian border. 

Russia’s State Duma on Tuesday backed a resolution calling for diplomatic recognition of Eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian Donbas People’s Republics, raising tensions between Russia and Ukraine another notch, even as Russian troops began a partial withdrawal from the Ukrainian border. 

The Russian parliament’s motion calls for President Vladimir Putin to formally recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, both of which declared independence from Ukraine in 2014. 

No other country currently recognizes the republics as sovereign states.  

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WNU Editor: Russian President Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that he is not going to recognize these two Donbass republics (for now) .... Press review: Donbass recognition on hold and why Russia had to flex its military muscle (TASS). 

Update: The U.S. has condemned this move to recognize breakaway Russian regions .... US' Blinken warns Russia against declaring Ukraine breakaway regions independent (Reuters), as well as the EU .... EU makes new threat to Russia (RT). 

  

 Russia's Parliament Votes To Recognize Separatist Regions In Eastern Ukraine  

State Duma to send appeal to Russian president on recognizing Donetsk, Lugansk republics -- TASS 

Russian Duma asks Putin to recognize Ukrainian regions as independent -- DW  

Russian MPs urge Putin to recognise two separatist-held areas in eastern Ukraine as independent -- Euronews  

Russia’s parliament urges Putin to recognize separatist republics in Ukraine -- Politico 

Russian parliament asks for recognition of breakaway regions in Ukraine -- The Hill  

Duma manoeuvre points to Kremlin impatience in Ukraine standoff -- The Guardian  

Russian lawmakers' request for Putin to recognize Ukraine's breakaway regions gives him another card to play -- CBS News 

Russian parliament asks Putin to recognize breakaway Ukrainian regions -- Axios

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What if China recognizes the republics? What will Old Joe ever do? When Trump had his trade war with China, many people did not like it , because they would have to move factories and make a little less money. So seriously, is anyone going to sanction China? Russia could get 20 to 100 countries to recognize those republics. Once Russia gets beyond 30 or 50, do you think Beltway rats will do anything but open their pockets and continue with their graft and corruption?