MOSCOW, Feb. 22 The international and defense committees of the Federation Council at a joint meeting at noon will discuss agreements with The DPR and LPR may involve the Russian Foreign Ministry, a source in parliament told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. Earlier, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev confirmed to RIA Novosti that the senators plan to ratify agreements with the DPR and LPR on cooperation at a plenary session of the chamber on Tuesday. Andrey Klimov, head of the Federation Council commission for the protection of the state sovereignty of the Russian Federation, said the same thing. that representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry will be at the meeting. The plenary session of the Federation Council will begin at 14.00. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that he considers it necessary to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. He noted that the world prefers not to notice the horror and genocide in the Donbass, not a single day goes by without shelling and killing of civilians, and blockades do not stop. Immediately after the appeal, he signed decrees recognizing the LNR and the DNR. Putin also instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the DPR and LPR by the armed forces of the Russian Federation. aa962690b8de63e37c0311cdc7b2083d.jpg» />00:39″For Russia, these are citizens, people, Russians.» How Moscow recognized the republicsPosted by: Olga Fomchenkova
