In Simferopol, a pro-Euromaidan rally was held in support of the new Ukrainian authorities. A Ukrainian law signed September 2015 designated this as the 'date of the start of the temporary occupation'. The Russian military operation against Ukraine started on this date, according to the inscription on the Medal 'For the Return of Crimea', awarded by the Russian Ministry of Defence.

The head of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov criticized the announcement and said that Konstantinov who was in Moscow at the time, openly invited Russian security forces to intervene in Crimean internal politics. Speaker of the Supreme Council of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov announced that he does not exclude possibility of secession of Crimea from Ukraine if the situation in the country worsens. In Yalta, over 50 activists attended an anti-government protest and demonstrated support for Euromaidan. In Simferopol, activists of 'Stop Maidan' were commemorating Crimean law enforcement agents who perished in conflict in Kyiv.

'Leaders of opposition should be held criminally liable for inciting armed confrontation,' – stated the declaration. Members of the Sevastopol City Council petitioned to President Viktor Yanukovych to take stringent measures and bring leaders of the opposition to justice. The legitimacy of the referendum has been questioned by the international community on both legal and procedural grounds.įebruary 2014 February 19 According to official Russian and Crimean sources 95% voted to reunite with Russia. Russia sent in soldiers on February 27, 2014. On 22–23 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened an all-night meeting with security services chiefs to discuss pullout of deposed President, Viktor Yanukovych, and at the end of that meeting Putin remarked that 'we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia.'. The annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation took place in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

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