On December 18 of this year, the representatives of the self-proclaimed republics of Ukraine and Donbas failed to agree on topical agenda item at tripartite contact group, Kommersant informs.

Self-proclaimed Republics) Martin Sajdik has developed a new Donbass conflict resolution plan, citing M. Sajdik's interview to the Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung, writes Ukraine's Leviy Bereg”.

A humanitarian crisis is occurring in Donbass (both in Ukraine's controlled areas and even in the Donetsk and Luhansk peoples' republics), according to a study conducted by the International Non-Governmental Organization The International Crisis Group (ICG) in Brussels.

This year on September 7th the "parliaments" of the Donetsk and Luhansk peoples' republics decided to organize "parliament" and presidential elections on November 11, informs the newspaper Leviy Bereg.

In 6 September, Parliament of the Luhansk People’s Republic made changes in the self-proclaimed constitution, prolonging the authority of the leader (president) and deputies from four to five years, reported Realnaya Gazeta.

Possibly, the self-proclaimed Donbass republics will postpone the scheduled elections of this year fall of "heads of state" and "parliaments".

On July 31, the Transnistrian Investigation Committee informed that its employees detained the former chairman of the Transnistrian Customs Committee (2012-2013) and the Minister of the Interior (2013-2015) Gennady Kuzmichev.

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Russia to pay 2.5 million EUR compensation to 1646 farmers and three agriculture companies, to whom Transdienster authorities has restricted access to their lands.

This year on June 22, United Nations General Assembly resolution was passed and further sent out, urging Russia to withdraw its forces from Transnistria.

On the initiative of the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, on 9 June, a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin reached an agreement on the issue of prisoners.