A petition initiative to rename the Crimea in the Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic of registered on the official Internet representation of the President of Ukraine on 22 September and has already collected 120 signatures.

"Initiate in the Verkhovna Rada the issue of the renaming of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in the Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic ", - said in the text of the appeal to the President of Ukraine.

The process of petition began on the Internet office of the head of the country on August 28 this year. Electronic Petition addressed to the President of Ukraine, is considered subject to collection in support of More than 25 thousand signatures of Residents for less than three months from the date of promulgation. If the Petition gaining the appropriate number of votes, the President may make in the prescribed manner to the Verkhovna Rada the draft laws aimed at solving the petition questions.

Crimea became a Russian region after held in March 2014 referendum in which a Large number of citizens at that time still Ukrainian autonomy, do not recognise the legality of the coup d'etat in Ukraine, voted for annexation by Russia. In the capital of Russia emphasize that the referendum in Crimea meets standards of international law and the UN Charter. Ukraine still considers the Crimea her, but at the time occupied territory.

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