This is a completely different substance. On this on Thursday, November 16, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Answering journalists' questions Peskov, in particular, stated that this has nothing to do with the exchange of prisoners under discussion. According to him, the initiative of the heads of the so-called "republics" was perceived in the Kremlin with understanding, and the exchange of prisoners was indicated as one of the points of the Minsk agreements, however, "some incomprehensible legal casuistry".

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with understanding from the heads of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics on the idea of ??exchanging prisoners with Ukraine, which was previously voiced by the leader of the public movement "Ukrainian Choice" Viktor Medvedchuk. He voiced the idea of ??

holding a large-scale exchange of persons held by detainees and met understanding with his interlocutors with the reservation that more details are to be agreed with the representatives of the Ukrainian side, "Peskov told reporters.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday evening, November 15, on the phone, discussed with the heads of the so-called "Donetsk and Lugansk republics" the possibility of exchanging prisoners. Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky initiative proposed on the eve of Putin by Victor Medvedchuk for the exchange of prisoners supported. This was stated by the press center of the Kremlin.