The Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the head of the Russian Centre, Denis Pushilin, commented on the concert of Russian artist Alexey Vorobyov, which was organized by the Russian Centre and took place on Sunday, December 17, in the concert hall of the Slavic Culture Centre in the DPR capital.

It is important for the representatives of the legislative and executive branches of power to jointly determine the main aspects of the formation of social policy for the next year, that is why government hours take place in the parliament of the Republic, Denis Pushilin, the Chairman of the People's Council, told in an interview to the correspondent of the official website of the DPR.

On December 15, within the parliamentary hour, the Minister of Coal and Energy Eduard Golenko presented a report on the work of the relevant ministry, after which the deputies asked him clarifying questions.

On December 15, according to the adopted decree of the DPR People’s Council, the awarding of Alexander Timofeyev with the Badge of Honour of the People's Council, as well as the awarding of Igor Andriyenko with the Diploma of the People's Council took place.

On December 14, Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin, Acting Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Dmitry Trapeznikov, as well as Acting Minister of Justice Elena Radomskaya visited the United Registration Centre in the city of Donetsk, which began its work on November 23, 2017.

On December 13, the IV DPR Football Union Conference was held at the Olympysky stadium. The event was attended by Chairman of the People's Council, Honorary President of the Football Union of the DPR Denis Pushilin, MPs Alexander Malkov and Vladimir Chekun, Acting Minister of Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism Alexander Gromakov, President of the Football Union Igor Petrov, 

The Chairman of the DPR People’s Council, the permanent plenipotentiary representative of the DPR in the Contact group’s negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin described the status of negotiation process in Minsk to the correspondent of “Union” TV channel.

On December 10, at the Sports Center of the Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg, the finals of the XII International Futsal Tournament were held among the teams of pupils of children's centers and boarding schools.

The authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic are ready for the exchange of prisoners with Kiev and expect that it will be held before the end of the year, Permanent Representative of the DPR to the negotiations of the Contact Group in Minsk Denis Pushilin told RIA Novosti.

On December 8, an extended meeting of the Committee for Public Support for the inhabitants of south-eastern Ukraine was held in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. As part of the event, the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Denis Pushilin made a presentation on “The further development of public interregional cooperation with public organizations of the DPR”.