Ukraine vote offers separatists conditional autonomy

Ukraine's parliament approved on the 17 March 2015 a draft bill providing special status for separatist territories of Donetsk and Luhansk if they held regional elections under Ukrainian supervision.

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Ukraine: President: News: Currents Events, 17.03.15: President expects MPs to endorse legislative initiatives on certain districts of Donbas http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-spodivayetsya-na-pidtrimku-deputatami-zakonodavchi-34954

ESO: Background information: Donbass parliamentary elections, 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/donbass-parliamentary-elections-2014/

ESO: Background information: Ukraine crisis: Rebels granted self-rule and amnesty http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-crisis-rebels-granted-self-rule-and-amnesty-poroshenko-asks-obama-for-weapons-obtains-blankets/

Ukraine: President: News: Current Events, 18.03.15: President invited the Council of Europe to take part in the work of the Constitutional Commission and ensuring free and fair elections in Donbas http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/32504.html

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