Ukraina posle Evromaidana. Demokratiia pod ognm. - Bedritskii A.

The Minsk peace process, taking place against the background of the renewed, then hushed fighting in the Donbass, gave a ghostly hope for the restoration of normal life in the region, as well as for the normalization of Russian-Ukrainian relations, as well as Russia's relations with West. At the same time, the Neanderthal and Russophobic ideology prevailing in post-Maidan Ukraine makes this process difficult. Events of the Ukrainian Revolution 2013-2014 led not only to political changes in Ukraine, but also to the transformation of its map. Thus, the Crimean peninsula returned to Russia, and in the east were proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, which make up part of the lands of historical Novorossiya. On November 2, 2014, the DNR and LNR held elections for the heads of republics and deputies of the People's Councils. Voting took place in the most unfavorable conditions for this - shelling, humanitarian difficulties, lack of qualified personnel. Despite this, the elections in the young republics were originally intended as extremely democratic, transparent and equal. Of course, adjusted for the military situation. The election campaigns in dnr and LNR attracted huge attention not only from local and Russian media, but also from foreign media. On election day, 320 journalists, including from Europe and the United States, were accredited by the DNR CEC alone. For the media regularly, once a week, held press conferences of the CEC chairmen, held briefings for all those who wished to this pre-election race, trips with candidates during trips to the regions. Turnout was as possible in the face of hostilities. Thousands of queues at polling stations were recorded in dnr and LNR from morning to evening. As a result, more than a million people took part in the elections in the DNR. More than 700,000 people voted in LNR. Man.