Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the provision of humanitarian support to the population of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.”
This is stated on the official Internet portal of legal information of Russia, reports “Lugansk Information Center”. The document should become the basis for the protection of residents of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics.
The main task of the decree is to prevent a decline in the standard of living in the context of the economic blockade that Kiev has arranged for Donbass. In addition, the situation is exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Putin instructed the government to ensure, within a month, the recognition in the Russian Federation of valid certificates of origin of goods issued by bodies (organizations) actually operating in the territories of these regions.
The authorities must also ensure that goods originating from the LPR and DPR are admitted on equal terms with goods of Russian origin. This will ensure the procurement of goods for state and municipal needs and the procurement of goods by certain types of legal entities.
The Russian Federation will also abandon quantitative restrictions on exports and imports on goods that move across the border of the Russian Federation and Donbass. Separately, the president instructed to determine through which checkpoints the goods will go.