Republic of Crimea fully returned Ukraine 3, 5 billion UAH, which at the time of reunification with Russia was kept in the Crimean branch of the National Bank of Ukraine, the Decision about it was adopted by the government, said on Thursday the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov.
Money has left the territory of the Republic and were transferred to Ukraine in January 2015. When this first Aksenov refused to explain how accepted conclusion about the refund and advised the media to address this question to the Federal government.
"The funds have been exported to Ukraine, we gave 3, 5 billion UAH, which were in the vault of the national Bank and were caught by the self-defense forces during the transition period. The resolution approved at the state level, " said Aksenov, adding it was after a series of negotiations with the Ukrainian authorities.
Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after held there in March 2014 referendum in which an overwhelming number of residents were in favour of joining the Federation. Kiev, despite the results of the referendum, still considers the Crimea territory.
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