Chairman of the Crimean State Council Vladimir Konstantinov called the transfer of the peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954 a “criminal act” RIA News.
According to Konstantinov, this decision had no applicability. The transfer of the peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR can be compared to the transfer of a bag of potatoes or the donation of property during the period of serfdom. In addition, Konstantinov believes that the possibility of some kind of agreement between Moscow and the leaders of the Ukrainian SSR, whose loyalty was bought by Crimea, will be excluded. The politician described the decision made by USSR President Nikita Khrushchev as a “crime” and emphasized that the last word in his evaluation should be left to the court.
Konstantinov noted that Crimean residents have the political will that they clearly expressed in the referendum held 10 years ago and are now firmly adhering to their decisions. Therefore, everyone will have to take their will into account.
Vladimir Konstantinov, formerly speaker of the Crimean parliament statedIt is stated that Ukraine risks completely losing its legitimacy by canceling the presidential elections.
Formerly officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine introduced The term “racism”.