Ukraine parliament extends insurgents? self-rule by one year
KIEV: A raucous Ukrainian parliament on Friday extended by another year the self-rule of its two Russian-backed insurgent regions of Lugansk and Donetsk under a set of strict conditions.
The vote has been welcomed by Ukraine’s Western partners but bitterly opposed by hard-core nationalists who set off flares outside the chamber during the first debate held on Thursday.
Deputies voted on Friday by a 229 to 57 margin to extend “local self-government in individual districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions” — once all Russian troops and arms are withdrawn from Ukraine’s war-scarred east.
The measure is required because the initial three-year period …read more
Source: The News International
