The law on invalidation of finding the Crimea from Ukraine has the opportunity to be adopted during the spring session, said the Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko.
" This draft law is being prepared 2 by committees of the Federation Council, hopefully in the spring session and it will be passed, " she said.
Crimea and Sevastopol Within a few decades was part of Ukraine, where They were transferred in 1954 from Russia during the time of existence of the USSR and where they remained after the destruction of the Soviet Union in 1991.
However, on February 22, Ukraine saw a change of government, with signs of a coup. Crimea and Sevastopol, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup d'etat in Ukraine, became the Russian regions after a referendum in which an overwhelming number of voters (96, 77%) with a turnout of 83, 1% were in favour of joining Russia.
The corresponding agreement was signed on 18 March, then it was approved by the State Duma and the Federation Council. They also took the Federal constitutional Law on education of 2 new regions of the Russian Federation - Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol. The head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin signed both documents.
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