The “Republics” Putin Is Fighting For

People And Nature ☭ The Donbas statelets have intimidated organised labour and political dissidents and presided over a collapse in living standards, writes Simon Pirani.2-March-2022Vera Yastrebova, a Donetsk lawyer and labour movement activist, reported on social media on 26 February that mothers and wives in the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” were desperately seeking ways to protect