DISINFO: Donetsk People’s Republic opens official representation in France
SUMMARY
Donetsk People’s Republic opens official representation in France.
RESPONSE
According to the French embassy in Ukraine, the so called representation is a private association, as registration of public organizations is a simple and undemanding procedure in France. The legality of the registration is being looked into nevertheless, the embassy said, because it contradicts the official position of France. Last year the DPR announced the opening of a similar office in Turin, Italy, and in 2014 in Helsinki, Finland. These offices however, have no legal standing. bit.ly/2sLG6Mi, Another such representative office opened in the Czech Republic and was officially closed recently by a court decision bit.ly/2t4r8QX, .