DPR local election candidates must have stayed in republic for a year

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DPR local election candidates must have stayed in republic for a year - parliamentary speaker Purgin

DONETSK. July 2 (Interfax) - The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have promised that only candidates who have not left the region for a year will be allowed to take part in local elections in Donbas.

"Election candidates will be those who have not left Donbas over the past year," DPR People's Council speaker Andrei Purgin told reporters on Thursday.

Earlier, DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko set the local elections to be held on October 18, 2015 across the DPR in accordance with the Minsk agreements.