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Ukraine PM against Donetsk and Luhansk republics' legalisation
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/749927KIEV, September 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseni Yatsenyuk said on Wednesday he is against granting legal status to the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
"Noone will allow legalisation of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics.This is my political position," he said after Kiev's Verkhovna Rada parliament voted on Tuesday to give three years of self-rule status to certain districts in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions.
Ukraine's government will finance all expenses for reconstruction of eastern region territory where armed conflict between government forces and local militias has caused destruction in past months, he said. "We pay all social benefits and salaries where we control the territory although the population does not pay taxes.
As he spoke at a session of the government, he mentioned the provision on setting up of people’s police in the parts of the two regions that were controlled by self-defence forces opposing the Kiev government.
