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MPs vote to join Russian federation and to bring forward a referendum on Crimea’s status to March 16th.
From Al-Jazeera – March 6, 2014
The Crimean parliament in Ukraine has unanimously voted in favor of joining Russia, a move likely to further ratchet up tensions.
MPs also decided to hold a referendum March 16 on whether the strategic peninsula should become part of Russia or remain in Ukraine.
“This is our response to the disorder and lawlessness in Kiev,” Sergei Shuvainikov, a member of Crimea’s parliament told the Associated Press news agency. “We will decide our future ourselves.”
A referendum had previously been scheduled in Crimea on March 30, but the question to be put to voters was on whether their region should enjoy “state autonomy” within Ukraine.
The region’s deputy prime minister, Rustam Temirgaliev, said there would now be two questions on the ballot.
“The first one: Are you in favor of Crimea becoming a constituent territory of the Russian Federation. The second one: Are you in favor of restoring Crimea’s 1992 constitution.” According to the 1992 constitution, Crimea is part of Ukraine but has relations with Kiev.
The parliament in Crimea, which is afforded some autonomy under current Ukrainian law, voted 78 with eight abstentions in favour of holding the referendum.
About 11,000 pro-Russian troops are in control of all access to the peninsula and have blocked all Ukrainian military bases that have not yet surrendered, according to the regional leader, Sergei Aksyonov.
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