So much for Moscow’s claim that the events in Donbas are a “civil war” in Ukraine to which Russia is not a party. On October 10 the Russian state news agency TASS reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Vladislav Surkov had met, in Moscow, with the current leader of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk people’s republic” (DPR) and “promised an increase in salaries in the DPR.”
Putin aide promises Donbas militants higher pay and help with election
By Ukrainian Weekly Editor5 Mins Read