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self-proclaimed (The leaders of two-self proclaimed people’s republics formally asked Vladimir Putin to recognise their independence in a coordinated appeal on Monday, a move that is set to further inflame the situation in eastern Ukraine. • In a video address on Friday, Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said he believed the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, was planning to launch an offensive against the separatist areas.  theguardian.com bookworm); self-declared (Anglophile); self-avowed (A self-avowed feminist, Leighton Meester writes of her struggles with her character VLZ_58) |
