The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called the initiative by Russian politicians “an insignificant attempt by the Russian dictatorship to legitimize its own violations of international law.”
A bill was introduced in the State Duma of the Russian Federation to nullify the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1954 on the inclusion of Crimea in the Ukrainian SSR. The document was published on the ministry’s official website.
The authors of the bill were Russian MPs Konstantin Zatulin and Sergei Tsekov from United Russia. According to them, the decision to transfer the peninsula was allegedly taken “without taking into account the will of the Russian people.”
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The explanatory note states that the document aims to “clear” Russia’s “legal heritage” from insignificant actions that have no legal basis. The drafters of the bill also claim that after the passage of the relevant law, it will become more difficult for Ukraine’s allies to support Kiev in its effort to liberate Crimea.
The Sota publication notes that Konstantin Zatulin three times in the last seven years has proposed the illegal recognition of the transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR.
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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry described the submission to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of a bill declaring “illegal” the Soviet government’s decision to transfer Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR as “an insignificant attempt by the Russian dictatorship to legitimize its own decision.” “grave violations of international law.”
The ministry emphasized that Moscow previously legally recognized the borders of modern Ukraine at both bilateral and multilateral levels, but now violates its obligations.
The bill in question, as stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, once again shows that the Russian Federation is aware of the inevitability of the liberation of the peninsula.
“The Russian government, which has been caught in lies and compromised hundreds of times, can continue its propaganda as long as it wants, including under the guise of making laws, but this will not change the truth accepted by the world community: Crimea is Ukraine,” the ministry said. aforementioned.
Let us also remind you that American journalist Tucker Carlson said that the annexation of Crimea to Russia was a decision allegedly supported by the Crimeans. According to him, in the “referendum” in 2014, 90% of the Russian-speaking population of the peninsula expressed a desire to join the Russian Federation.
Focus He also wrote that the Ukrainian government plans to establish Ukrainian military administrations in Crimea and Sevastopol. A relevant bill was sent to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration.
Source: Focus
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