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Self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics form ‘Novorossiya’ union                                                                                     Published time: May 24, 2014 16:25                                                            
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Representatives from eight south-eastern regions voting at the people's congress in Donetsk / screenshot from RUPTLY video

   
Self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics which recently held referenda on independence from Ukraine have declared the creation of Novorossiya union.               
  “We have signed a  memorandum on the union,” Denis Pushilin, co-chairman of the  Donetsk People’s Republic, told the media.
  The new union will be called Novorossiya, said the people’s  governor of the Donetsk Region, Pavel Gubarev.
  He added that the document was signed in the city of Donetsk by  Donetsk People’s Republic Prime Minister Aleksandr Borodai and  the head of Lugansk People’s Republic Aleksey Karyakin.
  People’s representatives from eight Ukrainian regions gathered  for a congress in Donetsk on Saturday, a day ahead of scheduled  countrywide presidential elections.
  As a result of the congress, the south-eastern regions of  Ukraine, where anti-government protests gained momentum, have  announced the creation of a pro-federalization Popular Front  socio-political coalition. The movement accepted a manifesto  vowing self-determination and protection of people from “Nazi  gangs’ terror.”
  The coalition involves Odessa, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk,  Zaporozhye, Kharkov, Kherson, Donetsk and Lugansk Regions.
  At the congress, all 145 delegates accepted the manifesto, which  stresses that the Popular Front will consist of “everybody,  who is ready to resist self-appointed Kiev authority, which  started war against the people.”
  The coalition vowed to protect innocent civilians from the  “terror of Nazi gangs, financed by oligarchs and foreign  security services.” It also pledges “a joint fight for  people’s rights to a decent life.”
  It says it has launched an investigative commission that will  probe “crimes of Nazi-terrorists and their Kiev  patrons”.
  The coalition is calling for a boycott of the presidential  election, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday, because  “all major candidates” are “oligarchs, whom we have  already seen in top positions, hence, robbery and terror would  continue,” the manifesto said.
  When it comes to a new Ukrainian constitution, the Popular Front  demands that it guarantees “neutrality” and  nonparticipation in military blocks as well as “political  independence”, “mechanisms to stop corruption and  massive poverty.”
  The coalition also demands that the parliament consists of two  chambers. At the same time, regions must be given “a right to  autonomy” and “independent foreign-economic  activity”.
  In addition to that, regional governments must be given a right  to “announce its territory de-militarized zones and also “ban  political, social and religious organizations on its  territory” in case they are considered a “threat”  to the people.
  The Popular Front wants two official languages in Ukraine –  Ukrainian and Russian.
  Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics earlier announced they  will not participate in Ukraine’s presidential elections  scheduled for May 25.