Crimea does not depend on food, water and electricity supplies from
Ukraine, the Crimean head says.
SIMFEROPOL, March 15. /TASS/. The Republic of Crimea has fully integrated in Russia, Crimean head Sergei Aksyonov told reporters on Wednesday.
"We have fully integrated in the Russian Federation. People do not remember anymore what hryvnia (Ukraine’s national currency) is, that period has been forgotten like a bad dream," he said commenting on the third anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
SIMFEROPOL, March 15. /TASS/. The Republic of Crimea has fully integrated in Russia, Crimean head Sergei Aksyonov told reporters on Wednesday.
"We have fully integrated in the Russian Federation. People do not remember anymore what hryvnia (Ukraine’s national currency) is, that period has been forgotten like a bad dream," he said commenting on the third anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
According
to Aksyonov, Crimea does not depend on food, water and electricity supplies
from Ukraine.
"There
are peace, order and harmony here," he stressed.
After
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was ousted in a coup in February 2014,
mass protests began in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. On March 11, 2014, Crimea’s
Supreme Council and Sevastopol City Council adopted a declaration of
independence.
On March
16, 2014, a referendum on reuniting with Russia was conducted. Over 80% of
voters participated in the plebiscite, most of them supporting the idea (96.7%
in Crimea and 95.6% in the city of Sevastopol).
On March
18, the treaty on Crimea’s reunification with Russia was signed by President
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Federal Assembly (parliament) approved the document on
March 21.
Source: ITAR-TASS 15-03-2017
