Poet's Page
music and opinion from Wales' wandering poet.
The Miners' Next Step and Donbass news
Denis Pushilin - elected Head
of Donetsk People’s Republic
September 23rd, 9:03am (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic parliament, has
elected Denis Pushiln as Head of the Republic.
Under the DPR Constitution which was adopted
after the Republic’s accession to Russia, the
regional parliament elects the DPR Head
for a term of five years.
President Vladimir Putin presented three candidates
for regional leader: DPR Acting Head Denis Pushilin
(nominated by the ruling United Russia party),
Andrey Kramar (head of the regional branch
of the Liberal Democracy Party of Russia)
& Kazbek Taisayev (Russian parliament
member, representing the Communists.)
After the Saturday vote, Pushilin took the oath of
allegiance to the people and the Constitutions
of Russia and the DPR.
The DPR Head is the senior executive official who protects
the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, ensures the
functioning and interaction of government bodies,
forms the regional government, sets the main
guidelines for regional development -- and
represents the regions in relations with
the Russian president, Federal
Assembly, government, State
Council... and other bodies,
organizations or officials.
He has the right to sign agreements and
treaties, on behalf of the Republic.
Denis Pushilin, a veteran Donbass protest movement leader,
has headed the DPR since 2018. He was born in
Makeyevka into a family of factory workers.
Pushilin studied at the Donbass National Academy of Civil
Engineering and Architecture. In 2020, he graduated from
the Donetsk Academy of Management and Public
Administration. He stood --- at the origins of the
movement against the Ukrainian government
overthrow and participated in the
proclamation of the Donetsk
People’s Republic.
In the spring and summer of 2014, he had executive jobs in
the interim government and Supreme Council. In November
2014, he was elected deputy speaker of the regional
parliament, and in September 2015, he was elected
parliament speaker.
He represented the DPR at the Minsk talks in 2014-2018.
Pushilin led the region after the death of the DPR’s first
Head, Alexander Zakharchenko.
Following the Republic’s accession to Russia, he was
appointed DPR Acting Head. Pushilin is married,
with three daughters.
The Central Bank - issued a commemorative
coin in memory of the entry of new regions
into the Russian Federation
by Matvey Ignatiev
September 22nd, 1:20pm
(Gazeta.ru)
The Central Bank issued a commemorative coin
dedicated to the entry of new regions into the
Russian Federation
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation issued a
commemorative coin with a face value of 3 rubles
"Entry into the Russian Federation of the Donetsk People's
Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, Zaporizhia region
and Kherson region "in the series "Historical events".
This is stated in a press release on the website of
the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
It is noted, that the coin is made of 925 sterling silver, has
a round shape with a diameter of 39 mm. Made by "proof"
quality. The circulation will be 3 thousand units.
On the reverse side of the coin --- is a stylized image of the
Constitution of the Russian Federation, revealed in Article
65, and the names of the regions that became part of the
Russian Federation following the results of referendums
last Autumn.
On September 8, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
issued a gold investment coin "St. George the Victorious"
with a face value of 50 rubles. The coin is made of 999
gold, the circulation was 150 thousand pieces.
On the front side of the new banknote is a relief coat of arms
of Russia, on the reverse side - St. George on horseback,
striking a snake with a spear.
Earlier, the Central Bank dispelled four myths: about
new banknotes in denominations of 5 and 10 rubles.
Of course the song below can inspire if you think you are brave, and know something of suffering... but keep your heart and soul intact... because you are the son or daughter of a miner; yet the film above will inspire you and touch you and help you understand so much more.
Many many thanks to Richard Gould, a true genius --- who has his own group, and now solo career --- yet gave up his time to generate this music.
Also to Ceri of Big Pit, who might not necessarily have agreed with the politics, but was so generous with his time and photos.
And to the Clydach Vale lake and cafe, which is the best nearby example of what is possible!
And last, but definitely not least, a massive thank you to Becs... who has the smile to warm the world - and the guts and generosity - to appear on video.
Russian integrated treatment
systems ---help DPR cope with water shortages
June 2nd, 11:35am (DAN)
The water purified with Russian integrated treatment
systems which were provided to the DPR, will be
used as the main source in cases of water
supply shutdowns, the Donetsk city
administration head, Alexey
Kulemzin, told the Donetsk
News Agency, Thursday.
''The tests carried out by the city sanitary
epidemiological service, show --- that the
treated water can be used for household
and practical needs such as cleaning,
laundering or face washing,''
Kulemzin said.
''In the case that the water supply fully stops,
it will be used as drinking water --- after
settling and boiling.''
The Russian equipment can purify 408 cubic metres
of water in 12 hours. Its maximum usage... reaches
20 hours a day with an output of 680 cubic metres.
Kulemzin said that there is no need to operate the
equipment at full capacity at present, but if the
situation worsens, the water treatment
systems will be utilized to
the maximum.
In mid-April, Russia handed over to the Republic SKO-
10 and SKO-8 integrated water treatment systems.
They had been installed at three Donetsk water
reservoirs and two ponds in Makeyevka.
SKO purifies water.. from solid particles, suspensions,
organic poisons, radionuclides, bacteria and viruses.
The system can take water from any source.
All treatment processes are fully automatic.
The authorities are making efforts to provide residents
of frontline areas with water. Kulemzin said that at
least 100 tons of drinking and service water are
supplied daily to Donetsk’s Kievsky, Kirovsky,
Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts,
Yelenovka, Staromikhailovka,
Alexandrovka and other
settlements that
regularly come
under fire.
______________________________________
v v v v v v Z v v v v v v
Water problems in the DPR will be
resolved only after the capture of Slavyansk – Eduard Basurin
May 25th, 3:33pm https://en.news-front.info/
Water problems in the DPR will be resolved only
after the capture of Slavyansk, said Eduard
Basurin, deputy head of the DPR UNM.
''We need the conduit that runs from Slavyansk
towards Gorlovka, where there are three
pumping stations that create pressure
and pump water.''
''Until we take Slovyansk and this entire canal, we
will have a very big problem with water”, he said
on Channel One.
The Miners' NextStep
In 1912 - this year that will be 111 years ago - some of the best minds in Wales met and produced a pamphlet:- 'The Miners' Next Step' to guide miners to a better world, so working people can build a future without parasites or back-stabbers, or bosses, or short-sighted greed.
Just like the people of Donbass, who, before Russia's revolution, lived in the Free Lands and worked to build their world... with love.
Their vision became - unfairly, in my opinion - labelled as anarcho-syndicalism..... so was discounted as a way forward by socialists in Wales and the U.K.
Yet their analysis is as relevant today, as ever, on questions like true democracy and leadership.
Their pamphlet can be accessed online, and I would urge you to read it! If you want to create a fab future for your loved ones..
P.S. hope you like the song!
The people of Donbass (pictured) are united and organised..
The Donbass and Wales and The Miners' Next Step
The people of Donbass run their own army, police and civil
affairs, and run a successful economy, based on soviet style factory and mine local democracy --- so they decide how their buildings and parks, facilities and arts and crafts, fulfill their needs and values.
Because the Kiev government - brought into being by US money and the Maiden violent insurrection and coup - helped to power, extreme nationalist forces.. the rest of Ukraine is trapped and being stripped of its material wealth.
Local oligarchs, bowing to a West desperate to keep its old role, as ''the chosen ones'' - plus a group of psychotic 'US 'neo-cons'', who genuinely welcome a ''decider'' world war, now run things in Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians are leaving the country... as prices rise and their economy is stripped, and the war on the Donbass, backed by US-led NATO, is an open sore.
All in the middle of a pandemic and the Earth being poisoned against humanity... well!
And the miners of Wales who met in 1912, planned.. then explained... how to work and achieve a better life, by realising the dreams of the vast majority.
Their solution was to use the power of organisation, to create wealth.
They, at that time, planned to havethe local lodges use their organisational
skills.. to set up many businesses...
but any organisation can, right now, call on a number of volunteers to gladly work an hour a month... and many will be happy to do more. From each, according to their ability and to each, according to their need.
That's the spirit.
It's simple... and the only way to achieve a beautiful world, is bit by bit, until it's done.
If three people or a few hundred give one hour a month... then an affordable child nursery for working parents, or a centre to entertain the children after school, are all possible.
The reward?
No-one has to fight against anyone, or rob or borrow money, as people will volunteer, either their time, gifts, or money, to a cause which benefits all in your community.
Love will grow even stronger in your community.
The better place everyone wants, will grow slowly, in peace, like a baby grows in the womb.
That's the miners' Next Step 2.
* * * * * * * * *
This does not mean, by the way, that public ownership is a bad thing, but that creative thinking is necessary.
We have seen how nationalised industries lack democratic accountability, and can be used badly, by both Labour & Tory governments --- as milk cows by the private sector, or to massage the unemployment figures.
And time and time again, after the public has paid for investments, to make them profitable... they are ''re-privatised''.
There are alternatives to the old failed model of public ownership, as seen in this country. Worker co-ops, Foundations, even charity status... could be tried.
There's nothing especially socialist, about nationalisation - Tories, even fascists use it, when private ownership has failed..
It's successful public ownership and control... that brings real lasting benefits, that's what we want!
The 'National Coal Board' closed more collieries down, than even Thatcher!
Donbass Post to issue strip
honouring reunification
with Russia
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, September 13th,1:06pm (DAN)
Donbass Post will dedicate its next issue - to Day of the
Donetsk People’s Republic's reunification with Russia
- and prepare another two issues with the coat-of-
arms of the towns awaiting liberation, the press
service of the state unitary enterprise said,
on Wednesday.
“As for immediate plans, we’re working on the issue dedicated
to the Donetsk People’s Republic's Reunification with the
Russian Federation,” a press service representative
told the Donetsk News Agency.
“I’ll withhold details; I can only say that it will be a strip
which is ideal for presenting several vignettes as a
single whole.”
The company has long been ready to follow up its largest
heraldic series and has already prepared two issues
featuring the coat-of-arms of the towns awaiting
liberation. Donbass Post has not named
the towns.
Donbass Post philatelic products are unique. They are not only
dedicated to holidays or benchmark dates but also highlight
beautiful landscapes of the region, its military glory, labour
and rich history.
__________________________________________
Donbass Post issue - to honour
Russia/DPR Hero Olga Kachura
September 4th 11:39am (DAN)
Donbass Post will issue a miniature sheet and a postal
envelope to honour the memory of Donetsk People’s
Republic rocket launcher unit commander,
Olga Kachura, who was killed in the
line of duty last year.
The Donbass Post Head Office will present
the new products on September the 5th.
Guards Colonel Olga Kachura, call sign “Korsa,” had been a
police officer for 16 years before she joined the DPR militia
in April 2014. She had worked her way up from investigator
to district HQ chief.
She commanded a “Grad” multiple rocket launcher unit and
some 140 personnel including servicemen mobilized in
February 2023. Kachura’s unit took part in the
liberation of Ilovaisk, Uglegorsk and
Debaltsevo, and later on, joined
the special military operation.
Kachura was killed in the line of duty on the Yasinovataya
axis on August 3. She was posthumously awarded the
DPR Hero title and on August 4, she was awarded
the Hero of Russia title. Kachura is buried in
the Alley of Heroes, in Donetsk.
______________________________________
Donbass Post’s new stamps
highlight famous “Moskvich”
car maker timeline
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, August 10th, 12:50pm (DAN)
The new philatelic products released by Donbass Post
are dedicated to “Moskvich, ” one of the most popular
Soviet and Russian car brands, the press service of
the state-owned company reported on Thursday.
“The latest issue is a follow-up of the domestic car
production history series, which will go on sale
on Friday morning,” the press service said.
It withheld the stamp design details.
However, the Donetsk News Agency learnt that the series
would feature the top seven models: Moskvich 400, 408,
407, 411, 412, 2141 and, lastly, the Moskvich-3 that has
been batch-produced since November 2022.
Earlier, Donbass Post issued stamps dedicated to
the Soviet-era Zaporozhets and Zhiguli car brands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Russia officially puts in circulation
postage stamps featuring
new regions
June 12th, 2:31pm (DAN)
Russia has released postage stamps... dedicated to the
Donbass Republics for the first time, the press service
of the “Marka” stamp publisher, said on Monday.
“On June 12, two stamps dedicated to the Donetsk and
Lugansk People’s Republics have been brought out
as part of the Russian Regions series,” the press
service said.
The DPR stamp shows the Saur Mogila memorial, the
Transfiguration Cathedral and roses, the traditional
symbol of the capital of the coal-mining region,
with slag heaps and wheat fields... in the
background. The stamp face value
is 27 rubles.
“Marka” has also issued first day covers and special
postmarks for Moscow, Donetsk and Lugansk,
together with maxicards (postcards with a
postage stamp placed on the picture side
of the card cancelled with first-day-of-
issue postmark).
Earlier reports said.. that “Donbass Post”
had presented vignettes and envelopes
dedicated to the coal-mining region.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Donbass Post issues vignette
to celebrate Artyomovsk's
liberation
May 22nd, 9:52am (DAN)
Donbass Post has released a new vignette, dedicated to
the liberation of the town of Artyomovsk in the Donetsk
People’s Republic, the press service of the state
unitary enterprise reported on Monday.
The centre of the vignette features the Artyomovsk coat-of-
arms in the form of the French shield, typical of all towns
of the 19th century Russian Empire.
In the three-colour hereditary symbol, green is for soil fertility,
black for mineral wealth and silver-white for salt, which made the reason for founding the town.
The Artyomovsk coat-of-arms, established by royal decree
on July 29th, 1811, is the oldest in the Donetsk region.
The vignette is on sale at the FILATELIA
specialized shop in Donetsk.
On May the 20th, the Wagner private military company
reported that it had taken Artyomovsk... under full
control. The operation lasted 224 days; it began
on October 8th, 2022. All these days, the PMC
fighters made gains kilometre by kilometre:
liberating Artyomovsk from the
Ukrainian invaders.
Artyomovsk is a large district centre and fortified area of
the Ukrainian army north of Gorlovka. Ukrainian forces occupied the town in 2014.
The prewar Artyomovsk had machine building, metallurgical and construction companies... and the famous Artyomovsk Champagne
Wines Factory.
Kiev kept on trying to hold the town.. despite the losses.
___________________________
“Wagner” PMC vignettes, Stalin stamp
rate as most popular in Donbass
Post's history
April 12th, 9:30am (DAN)
The vignette in honour of the “Wagner” private military company
has become one of the most popular philatelic products in the
history of Donbass Post, the press service of the state-owned
company told the Donetsk News Agency on Wednesday.
“The stamp dedicated to Joseph Stalin is probably the most
popular stamp, but the recently issued ‘Wagner’ PMC
vignette might rival it,” the press service said.
“It sold out within a few hours after the
announced product launch.”
On March 23rd, 2023, Donbass Post issued envelops, cards
and commemorative vignettes dedicated to “Wagner”
Group fighters, with a print run of 4,400. The stamp
featuring the portrait of Stalin, the first in the
“Great Personalities” series, was released
for circulation in December 2019.
Vignettes are shaped like stamps but cannot used in mailing.
Earlier this year, “Donbass Post” started to use Russian
stamps in mail delivery payments.
_______________________________
DPR Post issues stamps featuring
Welsh engineer John Hughes,
founder of Donetsk industry
April 2nd, 2021 at 2:28pm
(DAN news agency)
The DPR's State Post has issued a postal stamp featuring
John James Hughes, a Welsh engineer, businessman and
founder of the city of Donetsk, originally from Merthyr.
The stamp is decorated with Donetsk coat-of-arms and
Hughes portrait. The stamp can be used for registered
letters with receipt up to 20 gr, in accordance with the
current fee rate of 44 rubles.
The number of copies issued is 30,024.
The envelope for the new stamp features pictograms
representing industrial objects and clippings of
Donbass geological map.
Hughes moved to the Russian Empire, in the summer of 1870,
at the age of 55, as Millwall Iron Works Company received an
order, from the Imperial Russian Government, for the plating
of a naval fortress being built at Kronstadt on the Baltic Sea.
He immediately started to build metal works close to the
river Kalmius, at a site near the village of Alexandrovka.
Over the next twenty years, the works prospered and expanded, first under John Hughes and then, after his death, in 1889, under the management of four of his sons.
John Hughes died on June 17th, in 1889, during a business trip to St Petersburg.
According to some sources, Hughes taught himself to write, and could only read capital letters.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
HughesMetallurgical Plant - relaunched in spring 2017 January 12th, 2017
One of the biggest industrial enterprises of the Donetsk People’s Republic, founded by a Welsh entrepeneur in the 19th century, relaunched in the spring of 2017, the press-service of DPR's Ministry of Industry and Trade, reported. Did you know this?!?
_______________________
DPR issues stamps
devoted to Donbass
defense operation
March 24th, 9:27am (DAN)
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
The Donbass Post state-owned unitary
enterprise has issued three stamps
devoted to the special operation to
defend Donbass, the company
press service said Thursday.
The print run of the strip and each stamp is
4,000. The #Za Pobedu strip costs 118
rubles. The envelope has a print run of
2,500 with the price of the first day
cover at 30 rubles.
Different perforations were used in stamp
printing - for the first time - the press
service told Donetsk News Agency.
The other side of the envelope features a
quote from Russian President Vladimir
Putin’s address to the nation.
“We are having a rush for the stamps and the
envelope. A third of the print run has already
been booked,” a press service employee said.
______________________________________
DPR Post issues postal card
on the October Socialist
Revolution anniversary
November 1st, 4:28pm (DAN)
DPR State Post issued post cards with an
original stamp, for the Day of the Great
October Socialist Revolution.
"The "Soviet Holidays" series... is supplemented
with a postal card commemorating one of the
greatest holidays of the Soviet state. Postal
cards with the "Great October Socialist
Revolution" stamps... were issued on
November 3rd, 2021," the Post said.
Cards are available at the Post shop, at 72 Artyoma Street, Donetsk.
The October Revolution was a revolution in Russia
led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin.
November 7th, 2021 marked the 104th
anniversary... of the uprising in
Petrograd (St Petersburg).
The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the
Provisional government located in Petrograd, then
capital of Russia) was captured. This coup, is
considered to have started the creation of the state known as... the Soviet Union.
___________________________
Donbass Post issues its first
stamp featuring metal & coal
Donetsk, October 25th, 11:03am (DAN)
DPR State Post has issued a metal stamp,
for the first time ever, featuring samples
of coal: to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of the discovery of
coal deposits in Donbass.
"We are extremely proud to present our new
"stamp in metal" - an installation combining
the real rock and metal," the press statement issued by the Post, says.
The stamp is made of brass, it is
30 mm in diameter, its weight,
is 17 grams.
The installation is decorated with
a guiding star, and mining tools.
The first-day-envelope, with a black-and-
gold lining is also available for purchase.
The price of the commemorative sign is
900 rubles, the envelope in a frame
costs 1,000 rubles, at the store at 72, Artyoma street.
1.9 million people ---- vote in
DPR parliamentary election
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, September 11th, 10am (DAN)
Nearly 1.9 people have voted in the election to the Donetsk
“The number of people on voter lists as of the end of
ballot-casting, made up 2,013,774,” Vysotsky said.
“District commissions received as
many as 1,899,712 ballot papers.”
The Republic held early voting from September 31 through
September 7. The main voting days in the parliamentary
and municipal elections were September 8 — 10.
For DPR residents who were away from home, voting was
arranged at exterritorial polling stations in other regions
of the country.
Teaching profession
increasingly popular
in DPR
September 6th, 12:41pm (DAN)
The number of prospective students wishing to enroll in
teacher training programs has increased by 10 percent
in the Donetsk People’s Republic compared with 2022,
the DPR Education & Science Ministry press service
told the Donetsk News Agency.
“As many as 1,815 applications were submitted for teacher
training programs in 2023, up 161 (10 percent) from 2022,”
the press service said.
The Ministry explained it by higher pay in the education sector
and new motivation measures for teachers, such as contests
and prize money.
In March, DPR authorities increased the wage fund
and salaries of public sector employees.
50 Yasinovataya children to
go to school in Chelyabinsk
September 1st, 1:35pm (DAN)
Yasinovataya schoolchildren will study in the Chelyabinsk
region because of the difficult military situation in the
town, Yasinovataya mayor Dmitry Shevchenko
told the Donetsk News Agency.
“Our schools do not provide onsite training for well-known
reasons, so we’ve launched a program to send our
children to study in the Chelyabinsk region,”
Shevchenko said.
The authorities have agreed changing school with
the parents of some 50 children, he added.
Yasinovataya, a regional railway hub, is located
20 kilometres north of Donetsk. It has been a
frontline town since 2014 and comes under
Ukrainian artillery fire almost every day.
Back wages, worth 820 million
rubles paid to DPR coalminers
August 29th, 3:53pm (DAN)
A 820-million-ruble wage debt has been paid to workers
of eight coal mining companies in the Donetsk People’s
Republic following supervisory agencies’ intervention,
the Federal Service for Labour and Employment
(Rostrud) press service reported on Tuesday.
“The Southwestern Regional Labour Inspectorate checked
eight coal industry enterprises on prosecutors’ demand,”
the press service said. “Measures were taken towards
clearing a 820-million-ruble wage debt.”
Wage arrears were reported in the spring at such companies
as Komsomolets Donbassa, Donetsk Coal Energy Company
and Mospino Coal Processing Enterprise.
Donetsk People’s Republic authorities joined the efforts
to resolve the problem, using federal resources. DPR
Acting Head, Denis Pushilin, kept track of the
backpay issue.
Mariupol maritime
lyceum renovated
August 29th, 10:57am (DAN)
The “Single Customer in the Field of Construction” and a
contractor, have finished the renovation of the Maritime
Lyceum in Mariupol, the press service of the state-
owned company told the Donetsk News Agency
on Tuesday.
“The total restored area reaches some 5,000 square metres;
the school can provide training to 300 students,” the press
service said. “Workers restored and reinforced all load
bearing structures, refinished rooms and replaced
windows, the roof and service lines.”
On September 1, the school will admit new students
and hold the traditional “Day of Knowledge”
start-of-the school year ceremony.
The workers also installed CCTV and access control
systems and upgraded the food unit, gym and
classrooms, the company said.
The Maritime Lyceum was founded in 1992. It offers
vocational training to schoolchildren in grades 7
to 10, both to girls and boys. The school was
damaged during the 2022 fighting.
Central Donetsk square to be
named after Russian sponsor
August 24th, 8:04pm (DAN)
“Kremlin Square” will be built at the intersection of
Univesitetskaya and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Streets
in central Donetsk, city mayor Alexey Kulemzin
said on Thursday.
The Donetsk People Republic launched an action on
National Flag Day --- to rename public places in
appreciation of help from sponsor regions,
he said. In Donetsk, “Kremlin Square”
was the preferred option ------ in
Kulemzin’s poll on Telegram,
which involved more than
1,700 people.
“All Donetsk residents are immensely grateful to our
Moscow friends; the memory of brotherly help will
be eternalized,” he said.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Makeyevka to relaunch - the
department store fountain
August 24th, 2:35pm (DAN)
The fountain at the south entrance of Makeyevka
department store.... will be restored, town mayor
Vladislav Klyucharov, told the Donetsk
News Agency.
Klyucharov earlier announced plans to rebuild
the department store, which was badly
damaged by fire in 2008.
“The fountain will be repaired as part of
the urban infrastructure development,”
he said.
The five-storey Soviet-era department store in central
Makeyevka, currently has retail outlets on the first
floor and in the basement. The burnt frontage is
covered by banners. The fountain at the south
entrance, one of the largest in the town,
has not worked for 15 years.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Russian Highways to repair 10
kilometres of Starobeshevo
district road
August 24th, 2:32pm (DAN)
The regional branch of the Russian Highways company
(Avtodor) plans to repair more than ten kilometres of
the Novoyekaterinovka-Kumachovo road, in the
Starobeshevo district this year, the Donetsk
People’s Republic Transport Ministry
reported on Thursday.
“It’s an important road linking Starobeshevo with several
settlements in the district and a school bus route,” the
Ministry said, adding that 30 workers and 18 pieces
of road construction equipment, will carry out
pothole repairs.
Earlier reports said that Avtodor had restored the road
infrastructure in central Yasinovataya and launched
repairs of the road to Gorlovka.
Mariupol port sends
grain shipto Russia
August 23rd, 12:17pm (DAN)
Another grain vessel has sailed from the Mariupol seaport,
the regional Transport Ministry reported on Wednesday.
“A new vessel loaded with 1,300 tons of wheat has left for
Rostov-on-Don, ” the press service said. “The port has
transferred more than 74,000 tons of cargoes since
the beginning of this year including construction
materials and grain.”
The Mariupol port resumed operation in late May 2022, as it
dispatched the first vessel - with a load of metal products -
to the Rostov region. In early May, DPR Acting Head,
Denis Pushilin, announced that the first ship had
been loaded with grain at the Mariupol port.
Crimea sends prefabricated
houses --- to Mariupol port
August 22nd, 1:07pm (DAN)
A vessel chartered by the RosKapstroy construction
company - has delivered to Mariupol a new batch of prefabricated houses, produced in Crimea, the
Russian Construction Ministry press service
reported on Tuesday.
“One apartment building can be assembled from three
prefabricated home kits” --- the Ministry said. A kit
includes concrete wall sections, elevator shafts,
ventilation units, stairways and broadsteps.
The ship arrived in Mariupol,
from Sevastopol.
The Mariupol port resumed operations in late May 2022 as it
dispatched the first vessel with a load of metal products to
the Rostov region. In May 2023, DPR Acting Head, Denis
Pushilin announced that the first ship had been loaded
with grain in the Mariupol port.
Moscow to supply 30 low-floor
buses to Donetsk by year-end
August 21st, 5:36pm (DAN)
Donetsk is expecting 30 new low-floor buses from its
sponsor region this year to replenish its public
transport fleet, the City Hall told the
Donetsk News Agency.
The existing network of routes in Donetsk is based on
community recommendations and currently meets
city folks needs, the City Hall said. Damage to
transport infrastructure and a shortage of
drivers and vehicles, result in longer
intervals between bus runs and
suspended bus lines.
DPR Acting Head Denis Pushilin earlier ordered the
authorities to put public transport in order since
passengers’ complains about its poor sanitary
and technical condition. City residents also
asked to increase the number of bus runs
and extend the operating hours. More
buses have been added to Routes
16, 20, 20A and 20B.
Inspectors noted certain improvements following two-week
checks of public transport vehicles in Donetsk and other
towns in the Republic.
Earlier reports said that Yasinovataya authorities
launched a bus link with Donetsk ---- after an
18-month pause.
Unusual monument in Mariupol
honours Russian builders
August 21st, 11:56am (DAN)
An excavator has been installed on a pedestal next to the
Nevsky neighbourhood in western Mariupol in gratitude
to the Russian construction workers who helped to
rebuild the maritime city.
Several years ago, a monument to the white Kamaz truck
was installed in Ilovaisk. It is a symbol of the Russian
Emergency Situations Ministry convoys that
delivered dozens of thousand tons of
relief supplies to the region during
the conflict.
A snow cleaning tram due to be installed in Mariupol after
renovation, will expand the list of unusual monuments
in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Makeyevka mine
launches new
coal face
August 18th, 1:55pm (DAN)
The Gornyak-95 enterprise in Makeyevka has formally
launched a new face with an estimated daily output
of 150,000 tons of high grade coking coal, the
Town Hall press service told the Donetsk
News Agency on Friday.
''The coal bed is 0.75 metre high and 200 metres long;
the depth of excavation, is 356 to 400 metres. The
ceremony was attended by company executives,
local officials ....and representatives of the
Donetsk People’s Republic Coal & Energy
Ministry,'' the press service said.
Gornyak-95 has been operating since 1898. It produces
K-grade coal for coking plants in the DPR and other
Russian regions.
Earlier this week, the first coal mine in the DPR
obtained a license to retrain personnel.
571 war monuments
restored in DPR
in 2023
August 18th, 11:06am (DAN)
Five hundred and seventy-one Great Patriotic War
monuments and memorial premises have been
repaired in the Donetsk People’s Republic this
year, DPR Acting Deputy Prime Minister,
Larisa Tolstykina, said on Friday.
“Another nine monuments have been renovated in
Debaltsevo, Yenakiyevo, Makeyevka, Torez,
Khartsyzsk, Zugres, Pershotravnevoye and
Telmanovo district, ” Tolstykina said,
noting the active help from the
sponsor regions.
Annual monument repairs in the DPR, are a tribute
to the fellow countrymen who died for a peaceful
future of the Motherland, she said.
1.6 billion rubles of budget money to be
reallocated for equipping DPR schools
August 18th, 10:33am (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic government will amend
the DPR budget law 2023 to reallocate over 1.6 billion
rubles for equipping science classrooms in regional
schools, an official said on Friday.
It is also planned to purchase more textbooks -- including
history textbooks for grades 10 and 11 edited by Vladimir
Medinsky. The amendments have been submitted to the
regional parliament, DPR Prime Ministerm Yevgeny
Solntsev, said.
Earlier, the DPR government approved a plan
for inclusive education and children’s
recreation and health improvement.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
300 infrastructure facilities
to be rebuilt in Makeyevka,
Donetsk
August 18th, 9:39am (DAN)
“Single Customer in the Field of Construction” Director
General Karen Oganesyan has checked infrastructure
repairs and rebuilding in Makeyevka, the Town Hall
reported on Friday.
“Oganesyan and Donetsk People’s Republic Housing and
Utilities Minister Nikolay Tsiganov visited Makeyevka to
meet with contractors and inspect rebuilding progress
at the school and apartment buildings damaged in
July 4 artillery strikes,” the report said.
The “Single Customer” is building and repairing more than
300 houses and social infrastructure facilities in Donetsk
and Makeyevka.
Earlier reports said that the company had finished frontage
works on the active treatment hospital in Mariupol - and
begun the installation of a modern ventilation system
for its in-patient facility.
DPR approves plan for
inclusive education,
children’s recreation
August 18th, 9:23am (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic government -- has approved
an integrated plan for inclusive general and supplementary education and children’s recreation & health improvement
until 2023, DPR Prime Minister, Yevgeny Solntsev, said
on Friday.
“A psychologically comfortable remedial and ‘barrier-free’
environment has to be created for children with special
care needs,” Solntsev said. The approved measures
provide for teaching aids and didactic materials,
education system infrastructure development,
outreach programs and the social adaptation
of children.
The DPR Education and Science Ministry,
will coordinate the plan's implementation.
Road from DPR to Crimea....
fully repaired,Avtodor says
August 17th, 9:41am (DAN)
Specialists of the Russian Highways State Company
(Avtodor) have repaired the road that runs through
the Donetsk People’s Republic --- to Crimea, the
Avtodor press service reported on Thursday.
“The company has repaired over 60 kilometres
of the road --- in three months,” the press service said.
“It laid more than half a million square metres of
asphalt, installed some 4,000 lineal metres of
guard rails... and more than 10,000 linear
metres of curb stones.”
Avtodor also put up 19 bus stops and built more than 2,000
square metres of pavement in the territory adjacent to the
road. Repairs of the road to Crimea in the Kherson and
Zaporozhye regions... are ongoing, it said.
One of the key land routes to the peninsular runs from
Taganrog via Mariupol. its length is 387 kilometres.
Yasinovataya authorities arrange
rehabilitation for 250 relatives
of killed servicemen
August 16th, 8:42am (DAN)
Some 250 relatives of fallen servicemen and utility company
personnel, in the town of Yasinovataya, have taken a health
improvement course on the Sea of Azov coast in
Berdyansk... local administration head Dmitry
Shevchenko told the Donetsk News Agency.
“We’ve launched a program for the families of killed servicemen
and utility companies employees this summer,” Shevchenko
said. “Some 250 people belonging to this category
--- recreated in Berdyansk.”
The authorities covered the travel and accommodation
costs. The Town Hall received many letters of thanks
for the arrangement of such trips, the mayor said.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Engineersquickly restore power
to 6,000 Donetsk customers
after Kiev artillery strikes
August 16th, 11:07am (DAN)
Regional Power Supply Company specialists -- have restored
electricity to two districts of Donetsk in less than two hours
after the outages caused by Ukrainian artillery fire, the
Donetsk People’s Republic Fuel and Energy Ministry
reported on Wednesday.
”Power was restored at 11:28 to 6,400 customers in the Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts,” the Ministry said.
The electrical substations in the
affected area went offline at 9:48.
Ukrainian forces have delivered more than ten strikes at
Donetsk, Gorlovka and Yasinovataya on Wednesday,
said the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination
of issues related to Ukraine’s war crimes.
1,400 homes restored in Mariupol
single family residential area
August 15th, 1:30pm (DAN)
Mariupol mayor Oleg Morgun has checked the progress in
the rebuilding of the city’s single family neighborhoods
on Tuesday, the City Hall press service reported.
Almost 1,400 war-damaged single family homes have already
been repaired in the city, the press service told the Donetsk
News Agency.
Construction teams bring together more than 180 people,
mostly local residents who got jobs through the
Employment Centre. Their monthly pay is
some 50,000 rubles. More than 100
rebuilding projects are being
implemented in Mariupol,
the City Hall said.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin earlier
said that a Mariupol airport rebuilding survey is
scheduled for 2026.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Repairs on second building of
Volnovakha hospital enter
final stage
August 15th, 11:19am (DAN)
The “Single Customer in the Field of Construction has
finished insulation works at the 2nd building of the
Central District Hospital in Volnovakha, the press
service of the state-owned company told the
Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday.
“Repairs are running on an area of more than
4,000 square metres, ” the press service said.
“Specialists have installed new windows and doors,
replaced the roof and reinforced the foundation and
walls.” They are now completing the installation of
service lines and finishing hospital rooms.
The repairs of the treatment and neurology blocks are
ongoing. The hospital rebuilding project involves more
than 150 construction company personnel.
Earlier reports said that the “Single Customer”
had renovated a three-storey building of the
Volnovakha District Hospital.
DPR parliament passes law
on local government bodies
August 14th, 3:11pm (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic parliament has approved the
1st and 2nd readings of the law on local self-rule on Monday,
the parliament said, in a press release received by the
Donetsk News Agency.
“The document, drawn in accordance with the Constitutions
of the Russian Federation & the Donetsk People’s Republic,
sets the legal, territorial, financial & economic principles
of local self-rule in the Republic,” said Alexey Sukhinin,
the DPR Head’s representative in parliament.
It also regulates municipal control, assessment of
local government bodies’ performance and direct participation in self-rule by the population.
The law -- in the main -- will come in force on
September the 10th, 2023, except for those
provisions effective on other dates.
The Yasinovataya multi-functional
centre project is halfway finished
August 14th, 9:01am (DAN)
The construction of two multi-functional public services centres in the frontline town of Yasinovatya is due to be completed by September, Yasinovataya's mayor, Dmitry Shevchenko, told the Donetsk News Agency on Monday.
“To meet the end-of-the-month deadline, the work continues
- even at the weekends and in the evenings,” Shevchenko
said, adding that he visits the construction sites almost every day, to check on progress.
The town launched the construction of two multi-functional public services centres in Ordzhonikidze & Leningradkaya Streets in June.
At present, the Yasinovataya residents have
to travel to other towns to get documents they need.
Yasinovataya is located 21 kilometres north of Donetsk.
It is a key railway hub in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The town has come under Ukrainian artillery fire almost every day ----- since 2014.
“My Documents” is a multi-functional centre -- which
provides one-stop shop state & municipal services
to both persons... and legal entities.
Performers to donate Donbass
tour earnings for Donetsk
Circus repairs
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, August 10th, 11:36am (DAN)
Russian State Circus Company (Rosgostsirk) performers
will give more than two million rubles worth of their
Donbass tour pay to the Donetsk Circus “Kosmos”
which is currently being rebuilt, the Rosgostsirk
press service said.
“Rosgostirsk performers have regularly toured new Russian
territories since 2022; the first tent circus in Mariupol’s
contemporary history has performed to packed
houses starting June 10, 2023,” the press
service said.
“The performers will donate all their earnings, currently worth
2.3 million rubles, to the administration of the Donetsk Circus
- which is under repairs.”
The mobile tent circus will close its summer season
in Mariupol on September 24. It also performed
in Lugansk.
Mine supports designed in DPR
to substitute counterparts
from US, China, Germany
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, August 10th, 10:54am (DAN)
Powered supports for coal faces up to 4.1 metres high
designed in the Donetsk People’s Republic are no
worse than foreign counterparts and can
substitute them, DPR Science and
Technology Committee Chairman
Oleg Demchenko told the
Donetsk News Agency
on Thursday.
“Designing high-level mining equipment is our strong point
in research and development,” Demchenko said. “The
immediate priority is to design and produce
competitive machines --- which will be
supplied to coal producers in the
Russian regions, Kazakhstan
and other countries.”
In Russia, a considerable number of coal faces are equipped
with powered supports supplied by Poland, German, the
USA, and China, he said.
A double coal drill auger is being designed for thin and gently
inclined beds of coal mines in the Donetsk and Lugansk
People’s Republics and the Rostov region where
standard equipment cannot ensure profitable
production, Demchenko said.
The Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that
three DPR institutes had designed a cutting-
edge coal-mining machine.
Mariupol & Grozny
become twin cities
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, August 8th, 12:03pm (DAN)
Mariupol and Grozny have signed an agreement on
a twin city relationship, maritime city mayor,
Oleg Morgun, said on Tuesday.
“The document envisions broad cooperation, including
the development of economic and cultural ties,”
Morgun said, on Telegram.
“The signing ceremony was attended by Chechnya
government chairman, Muslinm Khuchiyev and
Donetsk People’s Republic government
chairman, Yevgeny Solntsev.”
The mayor said that, together with the guests, he unveiled
the memorial plaques - honouring Major-General Vladimir
Frolov (call sign “Shaman”), who was killed in action on
March 10th, 2022 - and the Ilyich Metallurgical Works
administration personnel, who fell in battles for
freedom, during the Great Patriotic war.
A delegation from Chechnya, arrived in the DPR
earlier on a working visit --- as the two regions
agreed to cooperate.
Samara region to repair 60
facilities in Snezhnoye
this year
August 7th,1:07pm (DAN)
More than 60 infrastructure facilities will be repaired in the
town of Snezhnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic,
with the assistance of Russia’s Samara region, by
yearend, Snezhnoye mayor, Sergey Yermakov,
told the Donetsk News Agency on Monday.
“The sponsor region is doing a lot of work -- to repair social
infrastructure facilities and roads,” Yermakov said adding
that the repairs on two schools, will be completed soon.
The Samara region government and Snezhnoye authorities
signed a cooperation agreement, in May 2022. The
sponsor sent specialized vehicles, ambulances,
computers, school textbooks, water and
foodstuffs to Snezhnoye, as part of
the assistance.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Pushilin criticizes DPR hotlines,
...orders to improve situation
August 7th, 11:43am (DAN)
Donetsk People’s Republic Acting Head Denis Pushilin
has said that many government bodies’ hotlines are
not working, and that urgent measures are needed
to rectify the situation.
“I’ve ordered to check the hotlines and phone numbers on
the government bodies’ official website,” Pushilin said,
after a meeting with regional government officials
on Monday. “The result --- is unsatisfactory; a
considerable part of the hotlines could not
be reached - and some phone numbers
are unavailable.”
The regional leader ordered to quickly restart
the hotlines, which are important links with
DPR residents.
Over 1,100 apartment buildings in
Mariupol connected to gas supply
August 2nd, 1:47pm (DAN)
More than 30,000 customers have been connected to the
Mariupol gas supply network, Donetsk People’s Republic
Prime Minister Yevgeny Solntsev said on Wednesday.
Solntsev urged city residents to more actively conclude
contacts with the gas company which has already
provided 1,119 apartment buildings with gas
connection. “Use this opportunity by all
means, ” he said.
Earlier in the day, the premier visited education facilities
which are being rebuilt in the maritime city with the
assistance... of Russian sponsor regions. The
renovation projects must be completed by
the beginning of the new school year, he told the contractors.
The premier also met with experts to discuss
utility companies' preparations... for the autumn and winter periods.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
In the Kherson region, the
dismantling of Ukrainian
road signs began
August 2nd, 10:15pm
(Lenta.ru)
Specialists of the enterprise "Kherson Avtodor" have started
dismantling Ukrainian road signs in the Kherson region.
This is reported by the Regional Ministry of Transport
in its Telegram.
It is noted that work began on August 2 on the highway 74 OP
RZ 74R-001 Kherson-New Kakhovka-Genichesk. New signs
purchased with funds from the federal budget are being installed... in accordance with Russian standards.
"Dismantling road signs and installing new ones is
an important part of maintaining the safety and
efficiency of road infrastructure," the
ministry added.
Earlier it was reported that the overhaul of one of the busiest
sections of the highway from Lugansk to the border with the
Antratsytovsky district is coming to an end. In the future,
this road will connect the LPR and DPR and will become
the safest route from Luhansk to Donetsk.
Debaltsevo road repairs target
for 2023 - is exceeded by 20%
August 1st, 10:18am (DAN)
Construction companies have repaired 57,227.94 square
metres of roads in the town of Debaltsevo, since the beginning of this year, which exceeds the target
by about 20 percent, the Town Hall press
service said on Tuesday.
In 2022, 15 roads with an area of 72,260 square metres
were repaired in the town with the assistance of the
Khabarovsk Territory sponsor.
Debaltsevo is located in the northern part of Donetsk
People’s Republic. It was liberated from Ukrainian
troops by joint DPR and LPR forces in February
2015. In May, 2022, Russia’s Khabarovsk
Territory began to provide assistance
to the town, in rebuilding
its infrastructure.
Donbass companies - send
first batch of construction
materials to Rostov
July 31st, 11:15am (DAN)
A ship carrying construction materials manufactured by
Donbass companies, has sailed for the first time from
the Mariupol port to Rostov-on-Don, Deputy Prime
Minister Marat Khusnullin, said on Monday.
“Metallurgical companies in Makeyevka, Yenakiyevo and
Alchevsk, have sent the first batch of reinforced steel to Rostov-on-Don,” Khusnullin said.
Donbass companies’ entry into the Russian market is
another stage of integration of the new territories
into the country’s economic space.
“Each of the new regions has a tremendous potential
which will be realized --- to develop the whole of
Russia”, he said.
Earlier reports said that eight apartment buildings
for 680 families, had been commissioned in
Mariupol’s Lenin Avenue.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DPR meets consolidated budget
targets for first half of 2023
July 31st, 9:14am (DAN)
Revenues to the Donetsk People’s Republic consolidated
budget have reached 14 billion rubles in the first half of
this year, which exceeds the target by 5.2 billion rubles
(60.5 percent), the Federal Tax Service told Donetsk
News Agency.
The consolidated budget, is a sum of budgets in a
certain Russian region, which does not take into
account, local interbudgetary transfers.
People bring flowers, toys, to Alley of Angels in Donetsk
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, July 27th, 12:36pm (DAN)
Donetsk residents gathered at the Alley of Angels memorial
complex in Donetsk, on Thursday, to honour the memory of
children killed in Donbass fighting.
The event was also attended by representatives of the
“United Russia” party and members of its social
organization “Young Guard.” The participants
held portraits of killed children - and laid
flowers and toys at the stone inscribed
with the victims’ names.
The Alley of Angels is located in the Pobeda Park of
Donetsk’s Kalininsky district. It features a forged
arch of iron roses with machine gun shell
casings in between and forged doves as
the symbol of peace. Under the arch,
there is a granite slab - inscribed
with the names of the children
killed as a result of the Kiev
regime's aggression.
City residents often bring flowers
and toys to the monument.
Sverdlovsk region to allocate
another 150 million rubles...
for Makeyevka road repairs
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, July 26th, 11:41am (DAN)
Nearly 85,000 square metres of roads have been repaired
in Makeyevka with the assistance from Russia’s
Sverdlovsk region this year, the Sverdlovsk
region Information Policy Department
reported on Wednesday.
“The sponsor region is allocating 150 million rubles to restore another 38,000 square metres of road surface in Makeyevka,”
the report said.
The list of facilities scheduled for repairs is in the works.
New roads will link Makeyevka districts and increase
the significance of rebuilt facilities.
Earlier reports said that the Sverdlovsk region had repaired
eight boiler houses in Makeyevka and that another 14 were
next in line. Another Russian sponsor region — the Khanty-
Mansi Autonomous Area — Yugra has been providing
assistance to the town since 2022.
Investment projects to help
create 2,000 jobs in DPR
July 25th, 12:11pm (DAN)
More than 2,000 jobs are expected to be created in the
course of the implementation of the first investment
projects in the Donetsk People’s Republic, said
DPR Acting Economic Development Minister,
Vladimir Zverkov.
“The Investment Committee has considered eight investment
projects; five of them have been granted the status of large
projects in housing construction,” Zverkov told the
Donetsk News Agency.
“They will help create more than 2,000 jobs, enlarge the
housing stock for comfortable living, implement the
preferential mortgage loan program, and ensure
regional food security, thanks to the increased
production of bread and bakery products.”
In mid-July, DPR Acting Head Denis Pushilin chaired a
session of the regional Investment Committee which
reviewed the construction of apartment buildings,
a bread baking plant and wholesale/retail market.
The authorities are ready to lease land to the developers
without competitive building, and Pushilin urged local
government bodies to provide maximum assistance
to investors.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
90 bln rbls to be invested in DPR
mortgage and housing projects
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, July 24th, 11:08am (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic mortgage market’s housing
construction plans reviewed by the authorities require a
record high 90 billion rubles in investments, said the
DPR's Acting Economic Development Minister,
Vladimir Zverkov.
“The implementation periods of housing construction projects
--- range between 18 months and ten years; comprehensive
development envisions the construction of more than
one million square metres of housing and social
infrastructure,” Zverkov told the Donetsk
News Agency.
The Investment Committee has already considered eight
proposals; five of them have been granted the status
of large investment projects, he said.
In mid-July, DPR Acting Head Denis Pushilin chaired a session
of the regional Investment Committee which reviewed the
construction of apartment buildings, a bread baking
plant and wholesale/retail market. The authorities
are ready to lease land to the developers without
competitive building, and Pushilin urged local
government bodies to provide the maximum
assistance, to investors.
The Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that developers
in Donetsk and Mariupol had submitted the first land lease
applications and that housing construction was launched
under a program of preferential mortgage loans.
One of the developers plans to build a
large neighbourhood in Donetsk’s
Kuibyshevsky district.
Candidate nomination for
autumn election begins
in DPR
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, July 24th, 12:50pm (DAN)
Nomination of party list candidates for the regional
parliamentary and municipal elections has begun
in the Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR Election
Commission Chairman Vladimir Vysotsky said
at a press briefing at the Donetsk
News Agency.
“Nomination of candidates on party lists started on July 24,
2023, ” Vysotsky said. “Beginning from this day, electoral
associations can hold general meetings, conferences or
congresses to finalize the lists of their candidates
before submitting them to election commissions.”
As of today, one political party has informed the DPR
Election Commission about the plans to hold a
general meeting, he said.
Under election laws, up to 27 political parties can take part in
the elections, including five parliamentary parties. It means
that the parties currently represented at the State Duma
lower house of the Russian parliament do not have to
gather voter signatures.
The DPR will hold the parliamentary and municipal elections
on September 8-10. Early voting for residents of hard-to-
access or remote areas, will begin on August 31.
DPR cultural centres' procurements
to be worth 170 million rbls in 2023
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, July 24th, 11:53am (DAN)
The uthorities are allocating 170 million rubles to purchase
goods and equipment for about 40 cultural infrastructure
facilities in the Donetsk People’s Republic this year, the
Russian Culture Ministry press service said.
The socio-economic development programs.... envision the
allocation of 152 million rubles to 13 children’s art schools,
seven million rubles to 23 regional and municipal museums
and ten million rubles to three cultural centres, the press
service told the Donetsk News Agency.
Earlier reports said that in 2023, repairs would be launched
on 14 libraries, 15 theatres, 11 museums, ten virtual halls
and 40 cultural centres, in the new Russian regions.
Construction company rebuilding
key heritage site in Mariupol
July 21st, 12:32ppm (DAN)
The “Single Customer in the Field of Construction” has
launched the project --- to rebuild Yuryev’s House in
Mariupol, a beautiful heritage site, in the centre
of the city, the press service of the state-
owned company reported on Friday.
“The total area of the three-storey 19th century building
which belonged to lawyer Ilya Yuryev exceeds 1,600
square metres,” the press service said. “Workers
are restoring the war-damaged load-bearing
structures and brick walls.”
Interior finish works will begin in the autumn together with
the restoration of the historical frontage with elements of
Baroque and Stalin’s Empire styles. The project
completion deadline is the first quarter
of 2024.
The history of the building dates back as far as a century.
The house was named, after its best known owner,
Mariupol lawyer and businessman, Ilya Yuryev.
Before the October Revolution of 1917, it
accommodated the editorial office of
the “Mariupol Bulletin, ” one of the
first local newspapers, and
a cinema.
In the Soviet era -- it housed an orphanage, a pioneer
organization unit, and later on a secret police office.
Retreating German troops set the house on fire in
1943. After the war, one more storey was added
to the house, during full renovation works.
The “Single Customer” is restoring over 70 houses
in Mariupol’s historical centre. The total area
of renovated housing stock in the city,
exceeds six million square metres.
Earlier reports said that the “Single Customer” had
commissioned more than 160,000 square metres
of housing, since it started rebuilding projects
in Mariupol.
Mariupol is the largest city on the Sea of Azov coast, a key
Donbass metallurgy centre and seaport. It was liberated
from Ukrainian troops on April 21, 2022. The city
housing stock and infrastructure sustained
significant damage. Extensive rebuilding
works are underway across the city.
“Phoenix” to launch roaming
services across Russia
July 21st, 10:33am (DAN)
Republican operator (“Phoenix”) SIM cards, will work in all
parts of Russia after network core modernization which
is due to be completed.... in the third quarter of 2023,
Donetsk People’s Republic Acting Communications
Minister Denis Kurashov said in an interview with
the Donetsk News Agency.
“Roaming services will be launched, after completion
of network core modernization in the third quarter,”
Kurashov said.
The core capacity is limited by the number of simultaneous
sessions, he added. Specialists will also install the System
for Operative Investigative Activities (SORM) to track fraud.
“Phoenix” is adopting a new version of the billing system, to
provide modern in-demand services and carry out upgrades
to enable our SIM cards to work across Russia. It can only
be accomplished with the appropriate software,” the
minister said.
Phoenix is the first DPR mobile operator, test-launched in
June 2015. After the beginning of the special military
operation, the “Phoenix” network expanded to
liberated areas. In addition to the DPR, its
services are available in the Zaporozhye
and Kherson regions.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Crimean wireless provider
to start operations in DPR
by autumn
July 21st, 9:49am (DAN.)
The Crimea-based mobile telecommunications company
Miranda Media might start providing services in the
Donetsk People’s Republic by this autumn, said
DPR Acting Communications Minister
Denis Kurashov.
“I believe (it will start operations) by the autumn,” Kurashov
said in an interview with the Donetsk News Agency. “The
company has already installed about 50 base stations
in the region, mostly in the south of the DPR.”
In the future, the base station network will expand across
the Republic, he said -- adding the K-Telecom company
plans to launch operations in the DPR in 2023 and
that it is getting comprehensive assistance
from the Communications Ministry.
“We’re helping to organize interconnectivity between the
three operators.” Priorities include mutual roaming
options between them and Russia’s “Big Four”
(wireless providers) which will also be
available to “Phoenix” customers,''
the official said.
Miranda Media is a major wireless provider in Crimea.
The company was registered in Simferopol in 2004.
In addition to voice communication services -- it
provides access to Internet resources, using its
own data transfer channels. It operates its own
fibre optic lines, with a total length of over
4,000 kilometres.
A part of the company belongs to Russia’s Rostelecom.
Reports in the spring of 2023 said that Miranda Media
was preparing infrastructure for business operations
in the DPR.
Russian regions to launch
chain stores in DPR—
Ministry
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
Donetsk, July 20th, 11:26am (DAN)
The Donetsk People’s Republic Industry and Trade Ministry
is working on a DPR market entry plan for chain stores
from other Russian regions, an official said
on Thursday.
“There is an interest on the part of businesses in other
regions,” DPR Industry and Trade Deputy Minister,
Natalia Kozina said. “Guests from other regions
who plan to open shops here, have already
visited us.”
“We’ve explored the idea and even leased premises that will
accommodate chain stores from other regions,” she added.
The launching of these stores will be widely advertised.
Plans are in place to open 14 shops in Donetsk,
Makeyevka and Mariupol, in 2023, as part of
the authorities’ ongoing efforts to support
local entrepreneurs.
Long-term plans include the launching of at least 200
chain stores in the DPR, the deputy minister said.
Mariupol sees... increased demand
for housing as population exceeds
280,000 people — DPR head
July 19th, 10:38am (TASS)
More than 280,000 people currently live in the Donetsk
People's Republic (DPR)’s Mariupol, so there is a great
need for new housing, Acting Head of the DPR Denis
Pushilin said.
"We have a great need for new housing now, considering that
there is an opportunity to get a preferential mortgage at 2%,
considering that a lot of residential buildings have been
destroyed, considering that people are returning as
soon as the shelling eases. As for Mariupol,
according to our information, more than
280,000 people live in this city, so of
course ---- new housing, is now in
demand. There are - now - more
applications than construction
sites," Pushilin said during a
Rossiya-24 TV broadcast.
Mariupol is being rebuilt, according to the master plan for
development of the city presented to Russian President
Vladimir Putin in July 2022. It provides for the
construction and restoration of housing and
public facilities, the creation of a new
transport hub, including a railway
station, port and tram lines, as
well as the development of
the airport area.
In August 2022, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat
Khusnullin reported that in 2021 there were about
212,000 residents in the city. By 2025, according
to the Deputy Prime Minister, the population
is expected to grow to 350,000 people.
Elections in DPR to be held
on September 8th to 10th
July 18th, 10:27am (DAN)
Residents of the Donetsk People’s Republic -- will vote at
the Republic’s parliamentary and municipal elections on
September 8-10, regional Election Commission chair,
Vladimir Vysotsky, said on Tuesday.
“Voting in the Donetsk People’s Republic, will last for three
days, from September 8 through September 10,” Vysotsky
said at a press briefing at the Donetsk News Agency.
Voting outside the polling places will mostly take place on
September 8-9, while on September 10, residents will be
able to cast their ballots at voting stations.
The Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that the
Republic had set up 36 territorial and 615 district
election commissions. DPR residents can also
vote at 329 polling places in other
Russian regions.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DPR company: becomes first participant of free economic zone in new regions
July 18th, 9:47am (DAN)
A company from the Donetsk People’s Republic --- has
become the first resident of the free economic zone
launched in the new Russian regions, the DPR
Economic Development Ministry press service reported on Tuesday.
“On July 15, 2023, ‘ZET Sputnik’ concluded an agreement on
the terms of operation in the free economic zone (FEZ), and
on July 17 it was granted the status of free economic zone
participant in the DPR territory,” the Ministry said.
“The company was entered into the FEZ register as the first resident.”
“ZET Sputnik” plans to manufacture trams, trolleybuses
and electric buses, using the infrastructure of the
Donetsk Energy Plant.
The Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that
businesses from Nizhny Novgorod suggested
producing “Sputnik Z” trams in the region.
In late June, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a
federal law on launching a free economic zone in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republic --- and the
Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. The FEZ will
operate until January 31 2050.
There are 30 potential investors who are preparing to
implement their projects in the FEZ; 24 have already
registered on the electronic portal of the Territorial
Development Fund which is the FEZ
managing company.
350,000 tons of grain gathered in
new regions; harvesting ongoing
July 17th, 3:32pm (DAN)
Farmers in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics
and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, have
harvested grain crops on an area of 124,065
hectares, the Russian Agriculture Ministry
reported on Monday.
“Our farmers are beginning to harvest winter grain crops
and legumes, winter barley, peas, wheat and rape,” the Ministry said.
“Agribusinesses have already produced 340,400 tons of grain, 15,800 tons of legumes and 2,700 tons of vegetables.''
The new territories are completing the sowing of spring
crops; as of now, spring crops have been sown on
1,662 hectares of fields. The Kherson region
leads the other new territories in terms
of sown area.
Earlier reports said that DPR farmers had gathered
more than 40,000 tons of grain in the first weeks
of the harvesting campaign.
40 hectares of forests
planted in DPR in 2023
July 17th, 12:11pm (DAN)
More than 40 hectares of coniferous and broad-leaved
forests have been planted in the Donetsk People’s
Republic since the beginning of this year, said
chairman of the DPR State Forestry and
Game Management Committee,
Alexey Shebalkov.
“We’ve planted Crimean pines, white acacia, ash and
oak trees and maples on an area of 42 hectares in
Shakhtyorsk, and the Amvrosiyevka, Telmanovo
and Starobeshevo districts,” Shebalkov told
the Donetsk News Agency.
Earlier reports said that the fire danger period had been announced in the region from April 1 to November 1.
It is prohibited to drive into forests, and in intense
heat, forest areas are closed to all visitors. The
DPR Forestry Forestry and Game Management
Committee has launched wildfire
prevention patrols.
Donetsk Botanical Garden
to launch youth labs
July 17th, 11:38am (DAN)
The Donetsk Botanical Garden plans to set up laboratories
for young specialists for research in the fields of biology
and environmental protection, Botanical Garden
Director Svetlana Prikhodko, told the Donetsk
News Agency on Monday.
“We plan to create youth labs next year, to develop
new research areas; young people can come and
work here,” Prikhodko said. “Biologists,
environmentalists, and IT specialists
are welcome.”
These laboratories will operate at the junction of several
sciences. Young people will find it interesting and
promising. So the Botanical Garden is waiting
for young specialists, she said.
One of these laboratories will focus on analytical research
in the GIS (geographical information system) technology.
The Donetsk Botanical Garden is one of the largest in
Europe. Its total area is 203 hectares. It has more
than 8,000 plant species; some 30 percent of
them are tropical and subtropical plants
...including 800 rare or endangered
species. Plant collections in five
greenhouses, on an area of
2,600 square metres have
been formed, for more
than four decades.
New operator to employ
railway workers of
new regions
July 14th, 10:36am (DAN)
Novorossiya Railway will employ workers of the railway
companies in the new regions, Russia’s rail transport
authority told the Donetsk News Agency.
“The Personnel of Donetsk Railways, Lugansk Railways,
Kherson Railways, Melitopol Railways and the Donbass
Railways crossborder concern will get jobs with the
new operator, including through job transfers,” the
Federal Agency for Rail Transport said.
The administration of the federal state-owned unitary
enterprise will decide on the precise number of staff.
Under a Russian government resolution, Novorossiya
Railways assumes the property rights to the
infrastructure of the above companies.
The Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that Novorossiya
Railways would be able to operate at break-even by 2027.
Russian officials said, that the consolidated management
of railways in the new regions would enhance the quality
of transport services and reduce aggregate costs.
Mariupol hospital laboratory
restored, infectious disease
ward next in line
July 12th, 10:41am (DAN)
The Single Customer in the Field of Construction has rebuilt a
laboratory of Mariupol hospital No 1 in the city’s Iliychevsky
district, the press service of the state-owned company told
the Donetsk News Agency on Wednesday.
“The total area of the restored laboratory... exceeds 400
square metres,” the press service said. “Workers fully
repaired the load bearing structures and frontage,
and replaced the roof, windows and utility lines.
They have also completed the finishing and
perimeter pavement works.”
The repairs on the hospital’s infectious disease ward
are.. nearing completion. It will house 13 isolated
rooms including two for persons with disabilities.
At present, specialist are completing the installation of the
entrance rooms to individual boxes and testing the utility
systems. The preparedness of the infectious disease
ward is estimated at over 90 percent, the “Single
Customer” said.
Earlier reports said that the company had hired 23,000
workers from different countries to rebuild Mariupol.
DPR to enter Zaporozhye
region’s energy market
July 12th, 9:56am (DAN)
The energy systems of the Donetsk People’s Republic and
the Zaporozhye region are facing joint development, said
the press service of the Russian Energy Ministry.
Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Yevgeny Grabchak chaired a
conference over the possibility of linking the DPR power grid
with the Zaporozhye region’s energy system to compensate
for the latter’s loss of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power
plant, the press service said.
Education Ministry -- names most popular
fields of study with prospective students
July 12th, 9:48am (DAN)
Jurisprudence, economics, journalism, philology, medicine
and information technology are the most wanted fields of
study with prospective students in the Donetsk People’s
Republic this year, the press service of the Education
and Science Ministry said on Wednesday.
“Legal and economic professions, journalism, Romano-
Germanic philology, IT & medicine have been steadily
popular with youths, ” the press service told the
Donetsk News Agency.
“However, their choice does not always reflect the needs
of the Republic: despite poor employability, international
relations, customs affairs, logistics etc. --- are still in
high demand.”
The number of state-funded places at universities.... is
regulated by the region’s current needs for specialists.
Priority is given to engineering and technology,
medicine, education, agriculture and IT, the
Ministry said recommending prospective
students who seek free education,
to consider these fields of study.
DPR universities opened for 2023 applications on June 20.
Documents can be submitted online or onsite. Unlike in
previous years, prospective students who have not
taken the Unified State Exam, must pass tests to
enroll at a university.
Moscow company restores 2 million
square metres of war-damaged
housing in Donbass
July 6th, 12:31pm (DAN)
Specialists of the “Single Customer in the Field of
Construction” have restored some 600 apartment
buildings in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s
Republics, said the press service of the
state-owned company.
“Construction workers have fully restored some 600
apartment buildings; Mariupol and Severodonetsk
account for the largest portion of the rebuilt
infrastructure” - the press service told the
Donetsk News Agency. “Large projects,
are being implemented in Volnovakha,
Krasny Luch and other big towns
of the two Republics.”
Overall, more than two million square metres of housing have
already been restored. The company repaired load carrying
structures and replaced windows, doors, heating lines and
utility systems.
The Russian Construction Ministry coordinates all rebuilding
projects in the new regions. The “Single Customer” has a
23,000-strong workforce which includes local residents
and specialists from other regions.
The Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that a Russian
developer announced plans to build a large residential
area with social infrastructure in a war-ravaged
district of Donetsk.
_____________________________________
Construction of first four houses
under preferential mortgage
program launched in DPR
July 6th, 11:16am (DAN)
Donetsk People’s Republic authorities have prepared 114
locations in the region for housing construction under a
preferential mortgage program, DPR government
deputy chairman, Dmitry Berdnikov, said
on Thursday.
“The first four developers have received permits, and have
already launched construction,” Berdnikov said --- in a live stream on Telegram. “They are working on the
foundation pits; the construction of the first
four houses is underway; we’re preparing
to conclude the first contracts.”
The projects were launched in Donetsk, Mariupol and
Novoazovsk. The preferential mortgage program
includes the single-family home option which
will be available to some 3,000 families in
the nearest future, the official said.
The Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that developers
in Donetsk and Mariupol had submitted the first land lease
applications. A Russian developer plans to build about
one million square metres of housing, with social infrastructure, in Donetsk.
Farmers --- to harvest grain
crops on 400,000 hectares
July 6th, 9:46am (DAN)
Farmers in the Donetsk People’s Republic are poised to start
harvesting early grain crops on an area of some 400,000
hectares, Deputy Chairman of the DPR government,
Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food, Artyom
Kramarenko, said on Thursday.
“We are starting harvesting in the region as planned,”
Kramarenko said, adding, that up to 3,100 pieces of
agricultural machinery would be used including the
equipment provided by Rosagroleasing company.
There are no problems with supplies of fuel and
lubricants and fertilizers to the region, the
minister said.
Earlier reports said that the DPR government
signed an agreement with Rosagroleasing
at the Petersburg economic forum 2023.
Government allocates 330 million rubles --
to purchase sports goods for new regions
July 5th, 9:46am (DAN)
Russia will spend 326.8 million rubles in procurements for
sport centres and facilities in the new regions this year,
the press service of the Russian Cabinet reported
on Wednesday.
“In 2023, the government will allocate 326.8 million rubles to
buy gear and equipment for sport schools in the Donetsk
and Lugansk People’s Republics and Zaporozhye and
Kherson regions,” the press service said.
The measures are expected to promote sports in these
territories. Earlier reports said that the Russian Sport
Ministry would allocate 1.3 billion rubles to rebuild
and repair sport facilities in the Donbass
Republics - and provide them
with equipment.
30,000 primary school starters
in new regions to get study kits
July 3rd, 12:59pm (DAN)
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
School kits will be provided to some 30,000 first-years in the
Donbass Republics and Zaporozhye and Kherson regions
by September 1, the press service of the “Movement of
the First” told the Donetsk News Agency.
The action is supported by the Russian Education Ministry,
Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, non-profit organization
“Russia is Land of Opportunities” and the Russian
Knowledge Society.
“We are aware of the problems encountered by parents of the
children who are starting school in the new regions,” said
Russian Children and Youth Movement Chairman Grigory
Gurov. “That is why we decided to support them, by
providing special school kits for more than
29,000 children.”
Primary school starters will get a diary, full office kit, shoe
& graphic novels about special military operation heroes.
High school students affiliated with the “Movement of
the First” will hand over the kits starting August 1.
“Our regions, and the country, are going through a difficult
time, but this time showed the solidarity which has been
fostered for centuries, in the Russian people and which
the future first-years need so much,” said Sofia
Amarskaya, a “Movement of the First” member, from Zaporozhye region.
The Movement of the First is a youth movement in Russia
created on December 18th, 2022 at the initiative of the
country’s leadership, to educate, organize leisure
activities for teenagers and form a worldview
based on traditional Russian spiritual and
moral goals. Children can join the
movement, starting at the age of six.
The DPR to participate in
Commonwealth League
football tournament
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
June 29th,1:26pm (DAN)
Teams from the Donetsk People’s Republic will take part in
the Commonwealth League football tournament which will
run from August to November 2023, said DPR Acting
Sport and Tourism Minister, Yury Martynov.
The “Commonwealth League”, will gather teams from the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions,” Martynov told
the Donetsk News Agency. “In the adult group,
the DPR will be represented by football clubs
Gvardeyets (Donetsk), Shakhtyor (Donetsk)
and Olympia (Mariupol).”
Junior group U-16 includes Shakhtyor Donbassa (Donetsk),
Bazhanovets-Avangard (Makeyevka), and Children’s Sport
School No 1 (Khartsyzsk), while the U-14 group includes
Bazhanovets (Makeyevka), and the youth teams from
football clubs Olympia (Mariupol) and Gvardeyets
(Donetsk), he said.
The Commonwealth League, a new football tournament was
first announced in March 2022, and the theme was followed
up in August. The initial plan was to establish a
championship for football clubs from Crimea,
the DPR, LPR and the Zaporozhye, Kharkov
and Kherson regions, as well as from
South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Martynov also told DAN that the issue of a DPR team’s
participation in the Russian championship, is
under consideration.
Famous BELAZ truck-maker prepared
to supply equipment to Donbass
VKontakte
Facebook
Twitter
Odnoklassniki
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber
June 28th, 11:17am (DAN)
Belarus’ BelAZ, one of the world’s largest manufacturers
of mining dump trucks, is ready to launch deliveries of
equipment to the Donetsk People’s Republic, the
company press service told the Donetsk News
Agency on Wednesday.
“OAO BelAZ, the managing company of BelAZ-Holding, is
ready to develop cooperation with the Donetsk People’s
Republic on a commercial basis in accordance with the
concluded agreements,” the press service said adding
that the company can supply the needed amount of
quarry equipment and spare parts to the region.
In April, DPR Acting Head Denis Pushilin visited BelAZ
to discuss the deliveries of equipment and the repair
of 45-ton trucks used in the DPR.
BelAZ is located in the town of Zhodino, Minsk region.
In addition to its well-known dump trucks, it
manufactures other equipment for the
mining and construction sectors.
Donbass Opera, Kremlin Ballet’s joint show
to be premiered at Bolshoi Theatre
June 28th, 10:25am (DAN)
The first performance of the War and Peace ballet
will be presented on the stage of the Bolshoi
Theatre --- in Moscow, in September,
A.Solovyanenko, Donetsk State
Academic Opera and Ballet
Theatre Art Director,
Vadim Pisarev said.
“We’d like (to show the premiere) by Donetsk City Day which
is marked on August 27 in 2023; we’ve always observed
large holidays, but not this year,” Pisarev said, in an
interview with the Donetsk News Agency. “So we’ll
probably show it in Simferopol, on August 23-24
and start preparing for the first performance
at the Bolshoi Theatre, on September 10.”
As of today, the choreographic part of
Act One is fully completed, he added.
DAN reported in January that Donbass Opera, together with
the Kremlin Ballet --- were working on the “War and Peace”
show, based on Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel. Soviet composer
Vyasheslav Ovchinnikov, wrote music to the ballet in the
1960s. Kremlin Ballet Art Director Andrey Petrov, who
worked on the ballet choreography, died when the
show was in the works.
Sverdlovsk region repairs eight
boiler houses in Makeyevka,
another 14 are next in line
June 26th, 12:33pm (DAN)
Russia’s Sverdlovsk region has begun to repair boiler
houses and Multifunctional Public Services Centres
(MFC) in the sponsored Makeyevka, Town Hall’s
press service told the Donetsk News Agency.
“The Sverdlovsk region plans to repair 22 boiler houses and
provide them with wells this year. As of now, repairs have
been completed on eight facilities,” the press
service said.
Also, the sponsor region has begun to renovate two
multifunctional centres in General Danilov Avenue
and Gavrilov Street. Repairs will be launched on
another two MFCs in the town later this year,
a press service representative said.
Earlier reports said that the Sverdlovsk region had
completed the planned repairs of 80,000 square
metres of roads in Makeyevka.
Another Russian sponsor region, the Khanty-Mansi
Autonomous Area has been providing assistance
to the town since 2022.
Zakharchenko’s dream comes true:
Donbass is with Russia — Pushilin
June 26th,12:31pm (DAN)
Residents of the Donetsk People’s Republic, have made the dream of the Republic’s first Head Alexander Zakharchenko come true --- as Donbass is now back home in Russia, said DPR Acting Head, Denis Pushilin, on the occasion of Zakharchenko’s birthdate - who would have turned 47, on Monday.
