Novorossiya

Novorossiya, Novorussia or New Russia (Russian: Новороссия, tr. Novorossiya, IPA: [nəvɐˈrosʲɪjə]; Ukrainian: Новоросія, romanized: Novorosiya; Crimean: Yenirusya; Tauridan:), also referred to as the Union of People's Republics (Russian: Сою́з наро́дных респу́блик, tr. Soyuz Narodnykh Respublik, IPA: [sɐˈjus nɐˈrodnɨx rʲɪˈspublʲɪk]; Ukrainian: Союз народних республік, Soyuz Narodnykh Respublik; Crimean: Halk Cumhuriyetleri Birliği; Tauridan:), was a proposed confederation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine, and the Republic of Kryve in eastern Crimea, all three of which are under the control of pro-Russian separatists.

At present, the two constituent republics of the proposed confederation have no diplomatic recognition, and Ukraine has classified them as terrorist organizations and refers to their territory as the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone. The creation of Novorossiya was declared on 22 May 2014, and one month later spokespeople of both republics declared their merger into a confederal "Union of People's Republics". Within a year, the project was suspended: on 1 January 2015, founding leadership announced the project has been put on hold, and on 20 May the constituent members announced the freezing of the political project. However there have been talks between the the three republics on bringing back the confederation