Υπογράφηκε η ενταξη της Κριμαίας στη Ρωσία

 MOSCOW, March 18. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chair of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov, the republic’s Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov and Sevastopol’s mayor Aleksei Chalyi have signed an interstate agreement on accession of the Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation and creation of new sub-federal entities of the Russian Federation.   

According to the legislation, after signing the agreement, the president turns to the Constitutional Court of Russia asking to give an assessment of the document’s compliance with the Constitution of Russia. In case of a positive assessment, the agreement together with the draft federal constitutional law determining the name of the new entity, its status, borders and interim statutes is submitted to the State Duma. If both documents are adopted by the two chambers of parliament and signed by the president, the Article 65 of the Russian Constitution determining the list of sub-federal entities is amended by adding the names of the new entities.At present, the Russian Federation comprises 83 sub-federal entities.