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.
One of the MPs, Viktor Volodatsky, who serves as the first deputy chairman of the Committee on CIS affairs, Eurasian Integration and Ties with Compatriots, told TASS that the proposed draft resolution aims to encourage the Kremlin to support the regions’ sovereignty.
Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has since confirmed that the appeal aimed at getting Putin to recognize the two regions will be put before the Russian parliament, with the version getting the most votes being adopted.