
Natalya Nikonorova. File photoYALTA (Crimea), Jun 6 The political future of the DPR will be determined by its people after the liberation of the entire republic, said Foreign Minister Natalya Nikonorova. «I see the future of the Donetsk People's Republic as peaceful and prosperous. If we talk about political component, this will be determined by the people themselves. We hope that the liberation of the entire territory of the republic will take place very soon, and then the people will be able to decide and have a say about their future: either an independent state, or joining the Russian Federation following the example of our brothers from Crimea,» Nikonorova told reporters. She arrived in Crimea as part of a delegation to participate in the XV International Festival «The Great Russian Word». At present, the cities of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Avdeevka, Marinka and a number of other settlements of the DPR to the west and north-west of Donetsk remain under the control of Kyiv.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/735cebff2d1f13ab3a13d11613438beb.jpg" />Turchak said that Kherson region, LPR and DPR will become part of Russia

