Right to Self-Determination

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

North Korea recognizes independence of Donetsk People’s Republic

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has recognized the independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

16:18 13.07.2022

Civic Chambers of Russia, DPR and LPR sign cooperation memorandum

The Civic Chambers of Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics concluded a cooperation agreement during a plenary session of the Community Forum on Tuesday in the town of Lipetsk.

15:20 12.07.2022

Over 100 criminal cases opened against Azov nationalist battalion members in DPR

Law enforcement bodies of the Donetsk People’s Republic are investigative more than 100 criminal cases related to the actions of the Azov nationalist battalion, according to the DPR Justice Minister Yury Sirovatko.

13:02 12.07.2022

Ministries of Donetsk People’s Republic to be reformed up to Russian standards

Justice Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic Yury Sirovatko announced Tuesday that all ministries and agencies of the region would be soon upgraded in accordance with the Russian standards.

11:59 12.07.2022

Moratorium on capital punishment execution lifted in Donetsk People’s Republic

The People’s Council of the Donetsk People’s Republic has lifted a moratorium on the execution of death sentences.

16:37 08.07.2022

Draft of education agreement between Russia and LPR approved

Russia’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a draft agreement on the mutual recognition of education between the Russian Federation and the Lugansk People’s Republic.

11:52 06.07.2022

Third foreigner ordered to death challenges sentence in Supreme Court of DPR

Briton Aiden Aslin, who had been ordered to death along with two other foreign citizens in the Donetsk People’s Republic, challenged his sentence.

11:17 05.07.2022

Appeal of Moroccan sentenced to death reaches Supreme Court of DPR

The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic has received a cassation appeal filed by the citizen of Morocco Brahim Saadun against his death sentence.

14:48 04.07.2022

Penal Code of Donetsk People's Republic enters into force

The Penal Code of the Donetsk People's Republic, adopted by the DPR parliament in June 2021 and synchronized with Russian legislation, has entered into force.

14:04 01.07.2022

Syria recognizes sovereignty of Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics

Syria has decided to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics.

18:04 29.06.2022

International tribunal proposed to be created for Ukraine’s crimes in Donbass

Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, speaking at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum on Wednesday, proposed establishing a special tribunal in the context of the crimes of the Kyiv authorities.

14:58 29.06.2022

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Three detained over Promsvyazbank embezzlement allegations

A Moscow court ordered media technology expert Olga Arkharova, PR specialist Inna Churilova and journalist Alexandra Bayazitova to be kept in custody until October 7 over alleged extortion from Promsvyazbank.

11:35 11.08.2022

Ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker sentenced to 9 years in prison on bribery charges

Roman Koval, a former lawmaker of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for large-scale corruption.

15:18 11.08.2022

Ex-TV journalist placed under house arrest for alleged spreading fake news

Moscow's Basmanny District Court placed former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova under house arrest in a criminal case where she is charged with spreading fake information about the country's armed forces.

17:46 11.08.2022