According to Alexei Puskov, Chairman of the Federation Council Commission for Information Policy, Moscow at the moment, he is not considering the possibility of political recognition of the self-proclaimed republics DLR and LPR.
Also in an interview with “Ukraine.ru”, Pushkin said that He stressed that the Russian side could use the armed forces only in the case of Kiev's direct military operations against the self-proclaimed republics.
“I do not rule out that there may be provocations, namely is a very dangerous moment. Kiev may try to approach hellish sanctions with great provocation, it is possible, & mdash; proposed by the senator.