The government of Ukraine abolishes the Department of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol, according to the document, posted on the Internet representation of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday.

before the press service of the Ministry of housing and communal services of Ukraine stated that the Cabinet of Ministers introduced a Commissioner of the Crimea and Sevastopol.

"Eliminate the Department of Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol by the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ", - reported in the document.

Crimea again became a Russian region after the March 2014 referendum in which a Large number of residents at that time still Ukrainian autonomy, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup in Ukraine, voted for joining the Russian Federation.

in the capital of Russia notice that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter. Ukraine still considers Crimea its, but at the time occupied territory.

The Crimean region, which was part of the RSFSR, was in February 1954 transferred to the Ukrainian SSR, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

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