Novorossiya

Novorossiya, Novorussia or New Russia , also referred to as the Union of People's Republics , was a proposed confederation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine, both of which are under the control of pro-Russian separatists.
At present, the two constituent republics of the proposed confederation have no diplomatic recognition, and Ukraine has classified them as terrorist organizations and refers to their territory as the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone. The creation of Novorossiya was declared on 22 May 2014, and one month later spokespeople of both republics declared their merger into a confederal "Union of People's Republics". Within a year, the project was suspended: on 1 January 2015, founding leadership announced the project has been put on hold, and on 20 May the constituent members announced the freezing of the political project.

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