The head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin expressed gratitude to the parliamentarians for operational legislative decisions related to the reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia, which helped the citizens in a timely manner to receive social guarantees.

The President, speaking at the Council of legislators, recalled that after the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia it has been over a year.

"because of you, the legislators, in the shortest time taken the necessary laws, residents of new entities of the Russian Federation has received a social security, were quickly established authorities and local self-government ", - said Putin.

He thanked members of the Federal Assembly for efficiency in solving these problems.

Republic of Crimea and located on the Crimean Peninsula Sevastopol became the Russian regions according to the results of the referendum on 16 March 2014, more than 90% of participants who voted for the output of these regions from Ukraine and reunification with Russia.

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