The People's Council (russian: Народный Совет, Narodny Sovet), formerly the Supreme Council (russian: Высший Совет, Vysshy Sovet), is the
regional parliament of the
Donetsk People's Republic, a disputed entity annexed as a
federal subject
The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...
by
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
from Ukraine in 2022 during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
.
The "parliament" is an absurd and mock structure, according to blogger Stanislav Vasyn.
History
The first legislative body of the Donetsk People's Republic was the Supreme Council (russian: Верховный Совет), which was established by pro-Russian protesters in early April 2014.
It is not clear as to what the composition of this body was. That body adopted a constitution on 14 May 2014, after having held a
referendum on independence from Ukraine. This constitution provided for the establishment of a new body, to replace the Supreme Council, called the People's Council (russian: Народный Совет).
Elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
to the People's Council were held on 2 November 2014. The political party
Donetsk Republic, which includes the
Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic
The Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic ( abbr. CPDPR; russian: Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики; КПДНР, Kommunisticheskaya partiya Donetskoy Narodnoy Respubliki ...
, gained a majority of the seats in the Council with the 68,53% and 68 seats.
Free Donbas, which includes the Russian-nationalist
New Russia Party
The New Russia Party ( rus, Партия Новороссия, Partiya Novorossiya), or Novorossiya Party, is a political party operating in Ukraine, and in particular regions of Ukraine annexed by Russia The organization was founded by pro-R ...
, gained the 31.65% and 32 seats.
The body is presided over by the
Chairman of the People's Council. The position was first held by
Andrey Purgin but he was stripped of his position and detained under charges of disrupting and attempting to destabilize a meeting.
Denis Pushilin
Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin (russian: Дени́с Влади́мирович Пуши́лин, ; uk, Денис Володимирович Пушилін, Denys Volodymyrovych Pushylin; born 9 May 1981) is a Russian and Ukrainian politician ...
succeeded Purgin on 4 September 2015 and stayed in office until 14 December 2018 when he was replaced by
Olga Makeeva
Olga Aleksandrovna Makeeva (russian: Oльга Александровна Макеева; born November 21, 1974) is a statesman and political figure, diplomat. Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Donetsk People's Republic to t ...
.
Soon after she was succeeded by
Vladimir Bidyovka
Vladimir Anatoliyevich Bidyovka (, ; born 7 March 1981) is a politician from the Donbas region, who currently serves as Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since 2018. Prior to the conflict in the east Ukr ...
on 20 November 2018.
References
External links
* {{Official website
Politics of the Donetsk People's Republic
Unicameral legislatures
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loca ...