Heger: Russia's recognition of separatist republics only supports violence

Russia's recognition of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in Donbas in Ukraine "only supports violence and hatred", Prime Minister Eduard Heger said on social media on Monday night. "Following the annexation of Crimea, Russia is continuing practices that lead neither to peace, nor to prosperity, and not even to good coexistence between Ukrainians and Russians," Heger wrote, adding that Russia's recognition of the separatist republics would make ordinary people suffer.