Earlier this month, the governor of Orel Oblast, a Russian region adjoining Ukraine, called for a commission to promote the integration of the self-proclaimed Donbas republics, the Luhansk and Donetsk “people’s republics,” into the Russian Federation (windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2018/ 07/russia-has-begun-integration-of-donbass.html). Then, a Moscow commentator picked up on the idea and urged other federal subjects of the Russian … Continue reading Moscow’s integration of Donbas from below via Russian regions picks up speed