MOSCOW, Feb. 15 The decision adopted by the deputies at a meeting on Tuesday on the appeal of the State Duma to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the need to recognize the DPR and LPR will be sent to the head of state immediately, said the speaker of the chamber Vyacheslav Volodin. Draft resolutions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and United Russia were submitted to it: the second involved consultation with the Foreign Ministry, while the communist version was immediately sent to the president. 351 deputies voted for the initiative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 16 people opposed, and one abstained. 310 deputies voted for the EP initiative. Thus, the CPRF option was chosen. «An appeal to the President of Russia on the need to recognize the DPR and LPR will be sent immediately,» Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel. DPR and LPR as independent states, as well as on the early negotiations with the leadership of the republics in order to create a legal basis for interstate relations and to regulate all aspects of cooperation and mutual assistance. On February 14, deputies from United Russia submitted to the State Duma a draft resolution on consultations with the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the draft resolution of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. draft resolution on the recognition of the DNR and LNR
