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15Sep14
Poroshenko proposes special self-rule status, free use of Russian in Donbass
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday proposed a special self-rule status for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the free use of the Russian language there.
The draft law he submitted to the parliament calls for local elections in the region commonly known as Donbass on November 9, 2014.
It guarantees the use of the Russian or any other language "in public and private life, studying and supporting Russian or any other language, its free development and equal status", the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda quoted the draft law as saying.
Kiev will also guarantee that the persons who participated in the fighting in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions would not be prosecuted.
[Source: Itar Tass, Kiev, 15Sep14]
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