Dmitry Peskov. File photoMOSCOW, June 9Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that during the appointment of former Russian officials in the Donbass, there was an exchange of views with the Kremlin. «Naturally, they had worked somewhere before. at least contacts on this matter were made, an exchange of views took place,» Peskov said. Also, when asked whether Russian officials could be appointed to the positions of leaders of the liberated regions and districts of Ukraine, Peskov replied that nothing could be ruled out. «It will depend on the choice of the people who live in these liberated areas. We live in a world where nothing can be ruled out,» said Peskov. Earlier, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, appointed the ex-director of the department Directorate of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Vitaly Khotsenko. In the LPR, the former vice-governor of the Kurgan region, Vladislav Kuznetsov, has become the new deputy chairman of the government of the republic.
