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Putin signs Crimea seizure into law
Russian President Vladimir Putin Signs Crimea Seizure Into Law. Putin on Friday signed into law legislation on the accession of Crimea after both houses of parliament unanimously approved it.
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed into law legislation on the accession of Crimea after both houses of parliament unanimously approved it.
"I signed several decrees today, including the decree on the formation of one more federal district, the Crimean federal district," Putin said at the signing ceremony.
"We have a lot of work ahead on Crimea's adaptation and on its joining Russia's legal system, the Russian economy and the social sphere," Putin added.
He appointed Oleg Vladimirovich Bulavintsev as presidential envoy in Crimea, urging both houses of the Russian parliament to facilitate the accession of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia, Xinhua reported."I request deputies of both houses to actively engage in this work and do everything that depends on you to make this process not only seamless, but also beneficial for all Russia and for Crimean residents," he said.
Meanwhile, the EU leaders have signed an agreement on closer relations with Ukraine, in a show of support following Russia's annexation of Crimea.
The EU Association Agreement is designed to give Ukraine's interim leadership under PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk economic and political support. EU President Herman Van Rompuy said that the accord "recognises the aspirations of the people of Ukraine to live in a country governed by values, by democracy and the rule of law".
Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine will respond with military action if Russia attempts to annex the country's mainly Russian-speaking eastern regions.
"I want to officially warn Russia: we will respond firmly, including through military means, against any attempt to seize Ukraine, to cross borders, or annex eastern or other regions by Russian troops," Yatsenyuk was quoted as saying in Brussels on the government website.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the Ukrainian crisis could only be resolved through a diplomatic solution that respected the territorial integrity of the splintered ex-Soviet state. Ban arrived in Ukraine a day after holding talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which he expressed his deep concern over the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.
