
Russian decree by Putin allows products from DPR and LPR to enter the Russian market without restrictions.
Following the decree on economic humanitarian aid signed by Vladimir Putin, allowing products from the DPR and LPR (Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics) to enter the Russian market without restrictions, including for public procurement, the first products from the Donbass benefiting from this decree are starting to be exported to Russia,
thus breaking the economic blockade imposed by UkraineOn 15 November 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on economic humanitarian aid to the DPR and LPR, allowing products from the two Donbass republics to be exported to Russia without restriction, thus gaining access to the Russian market, including public procurement.
Following this decree, a forum dedicated to the economic integration of Donbass and Russia was organized in Donetsk in December 2021 to facilitate the harmonisation of legislation on both sides of the border.
This work is finally bearing fruit, as the Enakievo meat processing plant has just sent its first batch of sausages (1.5 tonnes) to the Rostov region, thanks to this decree.
The factory, founded in 1930, was one of the main sausage factories in Ukraine and the first DPR enterprise is the first have taken steps to benefit for the Russian President's decree from December 2021.
This development of products from the Donbass republics into the Russian market has been commented on by the DPR Ministry of Industry and Trade as a break in the economic blockade imposed by Ukraine.
Comment: Given that the republics are not invaded by Ukraine, they will slowly get back on their feet again. Ukraine along with its Western backers will do what they can to make sure that doesn't happen, yet Russia has said that it will not abandon the people there.