The Russian State Duma has called on Vladimir Putin to recognize the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, in the eastern Ukraine.
This happens as tensions rise between East & West over Ukraine and an ongoing threat of a full-fledged Russian invasion of the neighboring country.

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