KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada voted on July 16 to approve constitutional amendments submitted by the president, including an amendment creating what is now called “specific procedures” for local self-governance on the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts occupied by Russian-backed terrorists. Although legislation creating specific procedures had been twice earlier approved by Parliament … Continue reading Verkhovna Rada approves amendment on ‘specific procedures’ for the Donbas