Many residents of Donbass stood up to defend their land in 2014. A number of defenders of the DPR have been unable to obtain the status of a war veteran so far, as this mechanism has not been working properly. With the adoption of amendments to a Law of the DPR “On social protection of war veterans”, this injustice is eliminated.

In a conversation with the press, the Chairman of the DRP’s People’s Council clarified a situation concerning the legitimacy of the Provisional Commission of the DPR’s People’s Council regarding the verification of the legitimacy of refusal to give state accreditation to a state educational institution of higher vocational education “Donbass Law Academy”, in which representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science had previously doubted.

Despite the ongoing hostilities and the economic blockade imposed by Ukraine, we continue to follow the plans that were announced this summer and, with a positive agenda and development of the economic sector, we will achieve a higher level of wages and pensions than the upcoming payrise. This was stated in an interview with the official website of the DPR by the deputy of the DPR People’s Council, Marina Zheinova.

Republic’s leadership has managed to more than double a minimum amount of pensions over the past five years, which testifies to the fact that the Donetsk People’s Republic continues moving towards its strategic objective – an increase in the welfare of citizens. This was stated by Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council in an interview to the DPR’s official website.

The shelling by the Ukrainian security forces continues, and saboteurs are engaged near the contact line, so it is not yet clear how the safety of train traffic through the contact line would be ensured, DPR People’s Council deputy Valery Skorokhodov told RIA Novosti in an interview.

Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Alexander Kurenkov declared in an interview to RIA Novosti that the disbandment of the People’s militia, about which the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov stated, was out of the question.

Zelensky’s statements on direct dialogue with representatives of the People’s Republics of Donbass make a pathetic impression. This was stated by Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Medvedev in an interview to RIA Novosti.

Currently, Donetsk People’s Republic’s legislation is much closer to the Russian one than the Ukrainian. This was stated by the Chairman of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka in an interview to RIA Novosti.

A change of representatives of the DPR and the LPR in the Contact Group on Donbass, which was proposed by Andrey Yermak, is unacceptable. This was stated by Deputy of the DPR’s People’s Council Vladislav Berdichevsky in an interview to RIA Novosti.

On December 2, the People’s Council established a task group for the issue of state accreditation of the Donbass Academy of Law State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education. This was reported to the press service of the People’s Council by the head of the task group, the chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Ethics, Regulations and the Workflow Management of the People’s Council, Natalia Pshenichnaya.