Rada extends law on special local self-government in separatist-held Donbas for a year

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Oct. 6, 2017. Updated Oct. 6 at 11:17 am

A Russian flag flies near Russia-backed separatists sitting atop a 2S1 Gvozdika (122-mm self-propelled howitzer) as a convoy of Russian-hybrid forces takes a break as they move from the frontline near the eastern Ukrainian city of Starobeshevo in Donetsk region, on Feb. 25, 2015.

Photo by AFP

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has extended for a year the validity of the law on a special order of local self-government in certain regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO), which was to become inoperative on Oct. 18.

The corresponding law on the creation of the necessary conditions for the peaceful settlement of the situation in certain regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (No. 7164) was supported by 229 people’s deputies at the plenary session on Oct. 6, an Interfax-Ukraine agency correspondent reported.