Donetsk People's Republic asked for Russia

The leadership of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic announced the sovereignty and asked to include the DPR in the Russian Federation

The leadership of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic announced the sovereignty and asked to include the DPR in the Russian Federation. The direct broadcast of the "appeal" of the DPR was led by Russia Today.

The document was read by the co -chair of the Government of the DPR Denis Pushilin. According to the media , before the DPR leadership, he, in particular, was the coordinator of the MMM financial pyramid in Ukraine.

“Based on the will of the people of the Donetsk People’s Republic and, to restore historical justice, we ask the Russian Federation to consider the entry of the Donetsk People’s Republic into the Russian Federation,” the appeal said.

On May 11, 2014, the DPR leadership held a referendum on state independence of the Donetsk region. 89.07% of the voters spoke out of Ukraine. The turnout, according to the DPR CEC, amounted to 75 percent. At the same time, the organizers did not call the absolute number of referendum participants. Simultaneously with the Donetsk, a referendum on the status of the region was held in the Luhansk region. There, according to the local CEC, more than 90 percent of the referendum participants voted for the department from Ukraine. The actual turnout also remained unknown. The authorities of Ukraine consider referendums in Donetsk and Lugansk illegitimate, and their organizers are called "terrorists." Moscow also did not recognize the Donetsk and Lugansk republics by independent states, but the Kremlin expressed "respect for the will of the population of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions."