On January 19,2022 the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRFR)Duma faction submitted an appeal to Vladimir Putin to extend diplomatic recognition to the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic [LPR] and the Donetsk People's Republic [DPR]. The Communist proposal was promptly endorsed by Vladimir Zhirinovsky's "Liberal Democrats: and Fair Russia the two largest factions of the systemic "opposition" in the Duma.