CRIMEA
DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM UKRAINE, APPLIES TO JOIN RUSSIA
Crimea has declared independence from Ukraine and
applied to join Russia. This has evoked severe reaction from European Union and
US leading to imposition of sanctions.
Reports from Simferopol, Ukraine says, Crimea's regional assembly today
approved independence of Crimea from Ukrain after the controversial but
overwhelming 96.6 per cent of voters on the mostly Russian-speaking peninsula
chose to secede from Ukraine. The assembly also approved the decision to join
Russia, saying all Ukrainian state property on the peninsula will be
nationalised.
A document approved by the assembly said that Crimea also appeals to the United
Nations and to all countries of the world to recognise it as an independent
state.
Crimea's local prime minister Sergiy Aksyonov tweeted that starting on the 30th
of this month the region will switch to Moscow time.
The document was approved by all 85 deputies present in the 100-seat assembly.
It said that from today, Ukrainian laws will no longer apply in Crimea and
decisions taken by the Ukrainian state since the ouster of Kremlin-backed
president Viktor Yanukovych last month had no authority.
US President Barack Obama in an executive order imposed sanctions related to
Russia's incursion into Ukraine.
The sanction was also imposed on former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The White House said, the US on Monday imposed sanctions on seven top Russian
officials, including presidential aides, and lawmakers for their alleged
actions in Crimea that violated Ukraine's sovereignty.
Earlier in the day, the European Union announced travel bans and asset freezes
on 21 people they have linked to the unrest in Crimea.
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