The occupied Donbas “Reintegration Bill” passes with 280 votes in favour

As expected, 18th January 2018 witnessed the successful passage of the final reading of the “Reintegration Bill” for the currently occupied Donbas territories.

280 Verkhovna Rada parliamentarians voting in favour – following two days of hundreds of amendments and text tweaking from the first reading of the Bill last year.

At the time of writing, a comparison between the text of the first reading and that of which finally passed for presidential signature is incomplete.

However, there are, prima facie, some points to note relating to the final text.