Inauguration of new leaders of Donetsk, Luhansk republics due on Nov 4

Inauguration of newly elected leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics will take place on Tuesday, TASS reported.

Alexander Zakharchenko, the incumbent prime minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, who was named the head of the region after winning by a landslide in Sunday’s elections, will swear allegiance to the constitution of the DPR and the country.

“The ceremony will be attended by government member and deputies of the People’s Assembly who were elected to the country’s parliament from party lists during the November 2 elections,” the DPR press centre said on Tuesday, adding that the inauguration ceremony would be held at the Donetsk Drama Theatre.

The inauguration ceremony of the current leader of the Luhansk People’s Republic, Igor Plotnitsky, will take place in the pillared hall of the former Luhansk Regional Council in the city centre.

“Inauguration will be held in presence of ministers and the parliament,” Aleksey Karyakin, the head of the republic’s People’s Council, told TASS.

The November 2 elections of the Prime Minister and deputies of the People’s Assembly in self-proclaimed Donetsk brought victory to the incumbent Prime Minister, Alexander Zakharchenko, and the Donetsk Republic popular movement he stands at the head of.

In another self-proclaimed semi-state entity, the Luhansk People’s Republic, elections were won by the current Prime Minister, Igor Plotnitsky, and his Mir Luhanshchine (Peace for Luhanshchina) public movement.