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2014 Crimean parliamentary election. Parliamentary elections took place in the Republic of Crimea on 14 September 2014. [1] These were the first elections since Crimea's illegal annexation by the Russian Federation on 18 March. The outcome was an overwhelming victory for President Vladimir Putin 's United Russia party.
US President Barack Obama said that Russian actions were a violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and that the referendum would "violate the Ukrainian constitution and international law". On 27 March 2014, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the "Territorial Integrity of Ukraine" Resolution, which recognised Crimea as part of Ukraine.
Mar 15, 2014 · Issued on: 15/03/2014 - 16:33 Modified: 16/03/2014 - 10:13. AFP. ... “The referendum is just meant to validate Crimea’s parliament. After that it’s a formality. Crimea goes to Russia and ...
Coordinates: 44.951669°N 34.096692°E. Capture of the Crimean Parliament. Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Unmarked Russian soldiers at the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea. Date. 27 February 2014. Location. Simferopol, Ukraine. 44°57′06″N 34°05′48″E / 44.951669°N 34.096692°E / 44.951669; 34.096692.
On 18 March 2014, Russian president Vladimir Putin gave a speech to both chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in connection with the request for admission by the Crimean parliament of the republic in the Russian Federation. [1] [2] [3] He spoke in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in the Moscow Kremlin.
It granted Crimea the right to draft a budget and manage its own property. During the 2014 Crimean crisis, a disputed referendum led to the repeal of the constitution by the Crimean government, as part of the process by which the territory was annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.
A referendum on autonomy was held in the Crimean Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR on 20 January 1991, [1] two months before the 1991 All-Union referendum. Voters were asked whether they wanted to re-establish the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which had been abolished in 1945. The proposal was approved by 94% of voters.
