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"[Occupied areas of] Donetsk and Luhansk have no separate representatives. Donetsk and Luhansk today are the occupied part of Donbas. Military-wise, it is controlled from Rostov, but in terms of politics it is controlled from Moscow. Therefore, there do not exist any separate representatives wit their separate statements," said Klimkin in an interview with TV Channel 24.

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