(PHOTOS + VIDEO) 50,000 rally in Donetsk against armed OSCE mission

June 10, 2016 - 

Marina Russkaya, PolitNavigator - 

Translated by J. Arnoldski

A mass rally of residents of the DPR was held today in Donetsk. More than 50,000 people marched in a column along the city’s central street to protest Kiev’s intention to introduce an armed OSCE mission in Donbass. 

The column marched from the N.K. Krupskaya Library to the central Lenin square. The demonstrators carried banners in different languages including English, German, French, and others and appealed to the international community not to allow the deployment of an armed mission. Posters bore the inscriptions “No armed OSCE mission,” “We’ll protect ourselves,” and “Armed OSCE mission = military intervention.”

On Lenin square, the crowd was addressed by activists, political figures, and top officials of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

“We saw the shelling of Volnovakha. We saw the shelling and murder of international journalists, and we together know how Ukrainian sabotage groups, dressed up as our soldiers, have worked. Therefore, we are here to day to say ‘NO” to an armed OSCE mission. Friends, today the residents of the DPR have come out to this square to stay their position to the whole world. For two years together, we have participated in the construction of our young state, and we see how our law-enforcement agencies are guaranteeing order. They are adequately handling this. We do not need an armed OSCE mission!,” the deputy of the DPR People’s Council from the “Donetsk Republic” organization and leader of the social organization “Young Republic,” Sergey Kondrykinsky stated.

“Hear us! I recall how Taras Grigorovich Shevchenko said in Russian: ‘He who does not have love for his native country has the heart of a crippled beggar.’ [These lines] are about them. About those who are shooting at our homes, at our unarmed people. About those who are not fulfilling the Minsk Agreements, and those who want to put a fence between us and Russia,” Donetsk resident Olga Zhukova said in a speech at the rally.

The head of the People’s Council of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, summed up the DPR public’s position: “We have gathered here to say a firm ‘NO’ to an armed OSCE mission in Donbass. For us, it is absolutely clear that the deployment of an armed OSCE mission to our homes means a complete severing of the Minsk Agreements. Now Poroshenko is telling the whole world that the mandate of the OSCE mission needs to be changed - the mandate which was supported by the OSCE itself and the UN Security Council. This is unacceptable for us. But for Poroshenko this is profitable. He wants to make a third party, an armed side of the conflict, out of the OSCE. But we together understand armed observers will be easy targets for the armed forces of Ukraine and, according to tradition, they will try to blame us. An armed OSCE mission in Donbass is a complete contradiction of all hitherto reached agreements, a breakdown of all formats. This is unacceptable for us. We understand that our own law-enforcement agencies can protect our security. We don’t need anyone else. Such a mission has no place in Donbass. Dear friends, we have already handled things, and we are handling everything now. We have offered our weighty word.” 

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Pushilin: Elections are our defense against Kiev's new strategy of sabotage

June 6, 2016 - 

Sergey Stepanov, PolitNavigator - 

Translated by J. Arnoldski

The Ukrainian oligarchs have realized that Donbass cannot be taken by military force, so they’ve changed their strategy to sending in their agents. The Donetsk People’s Republic has decided to hold primaries in order to exclude a victory of Kiev’s henchmen in upcoming elections. This and more was discussed by the speaker of the People’s Council of the DPR, Denis Pushilin in an interview with PolitNavigator.

PolitNavigator: Alexander Zakharchenko has stated that primaries will be held in Donbass. What does this mean for the DPR?

Denis Pushilin: Preliminary voting will offer us the opportunity to identify the best and brightest candidates who will represent the republic in potential elections. They should take place insofar as the Minsk Agreements are fulfilled.

[On the other hand], we perfectly understand that in order to win on the battlefield, soldiers need to train. 

PN: And who is going to be defeated?

DP: There are various threats in the political arena. The elections will be held on a majority system and candidates can be self-nominated. It is impossible to foresee everything, but we need to get ourselves in order so that representatives of the oligarchy or veiled represents of the parties on the other side of the contact line do not get in. 

We know that, as is happening now, a fifth column has infiltrated us.

PN: Are representatives of the Ukrainian oligarchs trying to infiltrate the DPR?

DP: Insofar as it is becoming clear that Donetsk and Lugansk cannot be taken by force, and that all that is necessary is the fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements, the oligarchs are attempting to penetrate the existing organs of power in the republic.

This has been recorded, detected, and now the Ministry of State Security is at work. 

PN: And what happens to such people?

DP: As a minimum, they are dismissed if nothing else is decided. You have to understand that they don’t have to do anything now. Perhaps this is a “long-term” game in which the priorities of the republic will be distorted and the realization of national projects will be sabotaged.

We need to fight corruption now. We have already managed to handle this to a certain extent, but it will return depending on whether the old elite will worm its way into the new government. 

PN: Literally just the other day the Verkhovna Rada amended the Constitution and held a “judicial reform.” Why were voices in favor of this able to be found in the Ukrainian parliament while Poroshenko can’t even find the needed number of deputies to support the realization of the Minsk Agreements?

DP: Ukraine has not been a subject of decision-making for a long time already. We perfectly understand that if the West wanted to, then it would find levers of influence in order to make Kiev vote. If it was so demanded, then Kiev would vote for everything needed in the Verkhovna Rada, even in violation of the rules and ignoring the views and interests of the citizens of former Ukraine.

PN: Is there hope that in 2016 Ukraine will take all the necessary decisions in regards to elections in Donbass?

DP: The chances are virtually close to zero. I don’t see any intentions on the part of Kiev to reconcile positions with Donbass. In the framework of the subgroup on political issues, we are largely on the same levels of agreement as we were a year ago.

PN: So the Minsk Agreements could be extended again?

DP: This is quite likely.

PN: Have there been any changes to the positions of the Ukrainian side at the negotiations in Minsk?

DP: There have been no changes either for better or for worse. We are in a period of stagnation. The Ukrainian side has chosen a strategy of delay. And the frequent replacement of Kiev’s representatives at negotiations is connected with this.

PN: Alexander Zakharchenko is currently holding a whole series of conferences with the regions of the South-East. Does this yield positive effects?

DP: There is a huge demand for this. We see that with each new conference the number of questions increases. We are learning to model certain situations. For example, the SBU is raising noise that we are actually unknowingly helping to spread information about the upcoming “hot line.”

Dialogue is important. People are interested in what’s happening in the republics because the picture which is painted by Ukrainian media differs strongly from reality.

PN: It has already been announced that the next conference with Alexander Zakharchenko will be held with Zaporozhye. Why is this city important?

DP: All cities are important, but, in first place of course are those of Greater Novorossiya. But other regions are also important. I think that Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko will hold “hot lines” with all of them. 

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Pushilin: Ukraine will rejoin Russia soon enough

May 31, 2016 - 

PolitRussia - 

Translated by J. Arnoldski 

Ukraine’s regions will soon re-unify with Russia, stated the head of the National Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin.

“I am sure that the regions of Ukraine, in the near future, will have to think over what is more important for them - the idea of rabid nationalism, or the safety and welfare of their people. I think that first and foremost such questions should be put forth in Zaporozhya and Kharkov. It is logical that if they reject the ideas of rabid nationalism, then Ukraine will rejoin Russia,” Pushilin said in an interview with lenta.ru.

He added that the longer that Kiev fails to fulfill the Minsk Agreements, the more realistic this scenario will become.

According to Pushilin, the Ukrainian government is refraining from a large-scale offensive in Donbass because it fears resistance from the DPR and LPR.

“These are no longer disparate militia groups. The republics now have a fully-fledged army. Kiev knows that they will be be met with resistance, so it becomes smoother and easier to justify their hesitation with the claim that Russia could intervene,” he remarked and added that the republics are now discussing the fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements with Moscow. 

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Pushilin Presents List of Documents Accepted on the Territory of Russia

Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ

30th March, 2016

dnrsovet

Chairman of the People's Council DPR Denis Pushilin spoke about the recognition of state registration documents on acts of civil status of the Donetsk People's Republic by Russia on the air of TV channel "Oplot".

"With regards to the exciting matter of DPR passports and the possibility of free entry into the territory of the Russian Federation, check for yourself - DPR passport holders can freely enter and travel in Russia, buy a plane ticket, move freely within the territory of the Russia, and more. With this passport you can stay in Russia indefinitely, no limit for 90 days", – said Denis Pushilin.

On the TV program, the Chairman of the People's Council DPR also spoke about other documents of the Donetsk People's Republic that are recognized in Russia. 

Below is the list of state registration documents on acts of civil status that are valid on the territory of the Russia:

• Birth certificate;
• Death certificate; 
• Marriage certificate; 
• Certificate of dissolution of marriage; 
• Certificate of name change; 
• Extract from record of birth; 
• Extract from the record of the certificate on death; 
• Extract from the record of the marriage; 
• Extract from the record of the certificate about dissolution of marriage; 
• Extract from the record of the certificate on name change; 
• Extract from the act of writing about the establishment of paternity; 
• Extract from the act of writing about adoption; 
• Statement on amendments to the record of civil status act; 
• Statement about the absence of records of civil status; 
• Reference of birth; 
• Reference of death; 
• Reference of marriage; 
• Reference of dissolution of marriage; 
• Reference of name change; 
• The certificate on establishment of paternity; 
• Certificate of adoption; 
• Information on amending the record of civil status act; 
• Notice on the absence of records of civil status; 
• Certificate document of distribution of help during the state's registration of birth of child by mother's request; 
• Reference of obtaining benefits by burial; 
• Copies of records of acts of civil status.

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