Russian President Vladimir Putin convened a special meeting of the permanent members of the Russian Security Council to discuss the passage of the Donbas reintegration law by the Ukrainian parliament. Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov stated that this law annuls the Minsk agreements. Deputies from the Opposition Bloc (formerly the Party of Regions — Ed.) in the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) proposed that the results of the parliamentary vote be abolished. Now the law cannot be signed before a resolution is passed abolishing the proposal by Viktor Yanukovych’s former associates.
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Vitaliy Portnikov: Ukraine’s Donbas law and Russia’s outrage
An armoured vehicle is seen next to government buildings in eastern Ukraine's separatist-held Luhansk on Nov. 23.
