With one 11-story building to its name, the People’s Republic of Donetsk is the smallest country in the world. It must also be the most bureaucratic.
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New Republic: Inside the 11-story building that’s calling itself the People’s Republic of Donetsk
Women pass by a graffiti depicting the so-called \"People's Republic of Donetsk\" on a wall in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 21, 2014. Ukraine plans to deploy more than 55,000 police and 20,000 volunteers to ensure that the presidential election planned for May 25 goes as smoothly despite the bloody separatist uprising gripping the industrialised east. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF