MOSCOW, March 29 Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting via video link with DPR Prime Minister Vitaly Khotsenko.
«Vitaly Pavlovich, good afternoon. Vitaly Pavlovich, I want to start our meeting with what you are doing now, and I want to ask you a completely understandable and natural question: how do you assess now situation in the economy of the Donetsk People's Republic,» Putin said to his interlocutor.
Khotsenko was appointed to the post of head of the government of the DPR in June 2022. Previously, he served as director of the Department of Industrial Policy and Project Management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.