Russian troops building around Sloviansk, Kramatorsk: Governor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Turkey has been working with the United Nations to broker a deal after Russia's invasion stoked global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertiliser.
42% : The self-styled Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Tuesday opened an embassy in Russia, one of only two countries to recognise the separatist "statelet" in eastern Ukraine, and defended its right to impose capital punishment.
41% : The DPR's self-proclaimed foreign minister Natalia Nikonorova said the territory's use of the death penalty - which it has handed down to two Britons and a Moroccan for fighting as "mercenaries" for Ukraine - was irrelevant to its bid for diplomatic recognition.
40% : Asked if capital punishment would tarnish the DPR's image, she said: "We consider that mercenary activity is indeed a terrible crime because people, for a reward, come to another country to kill other people, despite having no personal goals connected to the conflict in question." "Yes, it is the highest measure of punishment, but it is in our legislation and it is not linked to the further process of recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic by other states."

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