#10yearsDPR

#10yearsDPR Throughout March 2014, activists of the people’s movement of Donbass went to rallies and demanded that Kiev hear us. We demanded a referendum because we did not agree with the anti-Russian policy of the illegal Ukrainian government, the external governance of the country, the oppression of the Russian-speaking population, and manifestations of nationalism. They didn’t hear us, and the local political elites fled. We had no choice but to take power into our own hands and hold a referendum ourselves, to find out the will of the people. 🇷🇺 On April 6, after another rally, activists stormed the building of the Donetsk Regional State Administration and hoisted the Russian flag. At night, two documents were written: the Declaration of Sovereignty and the Act on the Declaration of State Independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic. On April 7, Vladimir Makovich read them out to representatives of cities and districts of the then Donetsk region, and they unanimously voted for ... Source: DPR MFA