The active phase of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine ended a bit over a year ago, but the state of affairs in the region remains just as ambiguous. The “people's republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk retain their status as unrecognized sovereign states, while shots are still being fired at the front line. On assignment from Meduza, journalist and photographer Nigina Beroeva traveled Donetsk to find out how the city carries on with its daily life, how DPR citizens make their living, how the newborn state approaches nationalization, reconstruction, and the reform of the military, how people work and relax in Donetsk, and what a certain young Russian bank has to do with it all.
Meduza: Guns, money, and fun in rebel Ukraine
Children in red caps and ties, inspired by the Soviet Pioneers movement, taking part in a meeting of the youth movement \"Patriot\", an organization of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk (DNR) in the outskirts of Donetsk on May 26, 2016.
