The head of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" Alexander Zakharchenko assured residents who want to get "republican passport" that they needed no other countries except for South Ossetia and the Russian Federation. He said this to journalists on March 16th.
"South Ossetia recognizes, Russia recognizes (the Russian Federation does not confirm this information - OstroV). What other countries do you need?", - he replied to a question whether the negotiations were conducted with other countries to recognize this passport
"And all the other (countries - Ed) will recognize. We’ll make them recognize,"- he concluded.
As previously reported, the head of the self-proclaimed "DPR" Alexander Zakharchenko was the first to receive a passport of the "the republican sample" on March 16th. He also also gave new "passport" to 20 residents who have reached the age of 16.