Vladimir Putin awarded the title of honorary resident of the Republic of Crimea. Crimean officials noted the extraordinary contribution of the Russian favorite in the definition of the state status of the region. The Russian President awarded the title of honorary citizen of the Republic of Crimea for exceptional contribution in return Peninsula in Russia. Organized by the Public chamber of the region, according to LifeNews. Together with the local head of such titles noted the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in Crimea Oleg Belevantsev, the head of the region Sergey Aksenov and the speaker of the Crimean Parliament Vladimir Konstantinov. "All gentlemen of the highest state awards of the Republic played a prominent role in organizing obscuresque referendum and the reunification of the Crimea with Russia", - noted present at the meeting of the Presidium of the state Council of the Crimea. The Peninsula became part of Russia according to the results of the referendum on 16 March 2014, in which more 96,77% of the inhabitants of the Crimea when appearing in 83.1% of voted for reunification with the Russian Federation. Consistent with the agreement was signed on 18 March. As a result, in Russia there is 2 new subject - Republic of Crimea and the city of Federal importance Sevastopol. Putin has often been said that the referendum in Crimea corresponds to the universally recognized standards of international law and the UN Charter. According to him, in his own actions in the Crimea Russia proceeded from the fact that there may occur the same actions as in the South-East of Ukraine. "And precisely in order to prevent similar developments, and we had to take the necessary steps to safeguard the independent will of the inhabitants of the Crimea", -Putin said in the documentary film "the Crimea. The way Home", a fragment of which showed the channel "Russia 1".