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Putin signs law on incorporation of four new subjects into Russia

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed federal constitutional bills on the admission of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to the Russian Federation into law.

11:27 05.10.2022

Investigation into 18 members of banned nationalist battalion Aidar completed in DPR

Investigators in the Donetsk People’s Republic have completed probe into 18 members of the nationalist battalion Aidar banned by the region’s Supreme Court as terrorist.

11:53 04.10.2022

Federation Council approves bills on admission of new subjects to Russia

The Federation Council on Tuesday approved federal constitutional bills on the incorporation of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics into the Russian Federation.

11:32 04.10.2022

State Duma adopts bill on incorporation of new subjects into Russia

The State Duma on Monday passed four constitutional bills on the admission of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to the Russian Federation.

16:18 03.10.2022

President Putin signs treaties on incorporation of new subjects into Russia

President Vladimir Putin has signed agreements on the admission of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics to Russia and the formation of new regions in the country.

17:42 30.09.2022

DPR People's Council adopts law on referendum as to region's accession to Russia

The People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has adopted the law on a referendum on the issue of the region’s accession to the Russian Federation on Tuesday; the document is a legislative initiative of DPR Head Denis Pushilin.

15:45 20.09.2022

LPR Head signs law on referendum as to region's accession to Russian Federation

The Head of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Leonid Pasechnik, has signed the law on a referendum on the issue of the region’s accession to the Russian Federation on Tuesday.

15:18 20.09.2022

LPR Supreme Court sentenced two OSCE ex-employees to 13 years jail term each for treason

The Supreme Court of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) has found two local residents and former employees of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) guilty of treason and sentenced each man to 13 years in custody.

12:47 20.09.2022

Commission on rehabilitation of victims of Ukrainian repressions to be established in DPR

A commission on rehabilitation of the victims of Ukrainian nationalist ideology, subjected to repression in the territories that have come under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) is to be established in the region.

16:56 12.09.2022

Ukrainian serviceman sentenced to 7 years in LPR prison for preparing act of sabotage

The Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) considered the case of a Ukrainian serviceman charged with preparing an act of sabotage on the territory of the LPR and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

10:40 09.09.2022

Investigation into 24 ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion members completed in DPR

Investigating authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have completed a probe into 24 members of the Ukrainian battalion Azov, designated in the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization.

16:40 07.09.2022

DPR Supreme Court to hear case against five alleged foreign mercenaries

A criminal case against citizens of Sweden, Croatia and Great Britain, charged with mercenary activities, has been submitted to the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

14:52 01.08.2022

DPR court to proceed with case of Ukrainian neo-Nazi group in August

A court in the Donetsk People’s Republic will start hearing the case of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi group SS Bears on August 1 in, the Donetsk News Agency reports Thursday.

17:05 28.07.2022

DPR сourts heard over 54,000 cases in 6 months of 2022

For the period from January to the end of June 2022, ourts of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) conducted proceedings on 54,135 cases and materials, according to a statistical report presented on the official website of the DPR Supreme Court.

14:11 27.07.2022

Google to be blocked in Donetsk People’s Republic

Authorities of the Donetsk People’s Republic have decided to block Google on the region’s territory.

12:49 22.07.2022

DPR Supreme Court sentences Ukrainian to 16 years in prison on espionage charges

The Appeals Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has sentenced a citizen of Ukraine to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony in a case over espionage.

10:48 22.07.2022

Embassy of Lugansk People’s Republic to appear in Russia

The embassy of the Lugansk People’s Republic will appear in Russia, according to a decree signed by the LPR government’s chairman Sergey Kozlov.

12:49 20.07.2022

LPR Parliament adopts bill on punishment for discrediting foreign policy

The People's Council of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) has adopted a bill on responsibility for actions aimed at discrediting the foreign policy of Donbass and Russia.

12:55 19.07.2022

Russia and Lugansk People’s Republic to create common legal field

Russia and the Lugansk People’s Republic will foster the efforts to create a common legal framework.

10:04 15.07.2022

Sovereignty of Lugansk People’s Republic recognized by DPRK

The independence of the Lugansk People’s Republic was recognized by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday.

17:58 13.07.2022

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Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

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15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022