Russian Parliament To Vote On Recognizing The Independence Of The Two Self-Proclaimed Republics In Ukraine’s War-Torn Donbass Region

FILE PHOTO. State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. © Sputnik / Maksim Blinov

RT: Proposal to recognise breakaway Ukrainian regions unveiled

The proposal, similar to one drafted by Communist lawmakers, will be voted on by parliament.

Lawmakers from Russia’s

governing party have introduced a draft resolution that would urge President Vladimir Putin to recognize the independence of the two self-proclaimed republics in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbass region, as tensions flare between Kiev and Moscow.

In the document, which was published by the parliament’s lower house on Monday, two Duma deputies serving on a key legislative committee, both from the ruling United Russia party, called for consultations with Moscow’s Foreign Ministry before the motion is presented to Putin.

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Update: State Duma Committee may consider appeal to Putin for DPR, LPR recognition (TASS)

WNU Editor: This is big news. Its adoption will lay the legal groundwork for a formal Russian military intervention into eastern Ukraine. All that it will take will be the governments in these two republics to invite Moscow to intervene in Ukraine at their ‘invitation’.

This Russian parliamentary vote is suppose to happen tomorrow.