In Sevastopol, the
president will visit the 1854-1855 city memorial complex and the 1944 Malakhov
Kurgan.
MOSCOW, March 17.
/TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Crimea and Sevastopol on
March 18, the Kremlin press service said on Sunday.
"The head of
state will take part in a ceremony of commissioning the Balaklavskya thermal
power station and also the Tavricheskaya thermal power station and the Port
substation in Taman through a video link-up," the Kremlin press service
said.
In Sevastopol, the
president will visit the 1854-1855 city memorial complex and the 1944 Malakhov
Kurgan.
On the same day,
Putin is due to meet in Simferopol with members of the public of Crimea and
Sevastopol and attend festive events dedicated to celebrating the fifth
anniversary of the 2014 Crimean referendum and its reunification with Russia.
The Republic of
Crimea and Sevastopol, a city with a special status on the Crimean Peninsula
where most residents are ethnic Russians, refused to recognize the legitimacy
of the authorities that came to power amid riots during the February 2014 coup
in Ukraine.
Crimea and Sevastopol
adopted declarations of independence on March 11, 2014. They held a referendum
on March 16, 2014, in which 96.7% of Crimeans and 95.6% of Sevastopol voters
chose to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. President Vladimir
Putin signed the reunification treaty on March 18, 2014.
Source: ITAR-TASS
17-03-2019
