A working group has drafted a request to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, seeking a declaration that the 1954 transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR violated the Russian Constitution and other relevant legal frameworks from that era. The information was reported by RIA News and attributed to Sergei Trofimov, who chairs the legislation committee of the Crimean Parliament and participated as a cochair of the group.
According to Trofimov, the group is in the final stages of polishing the document’s text. He emphasized that the request should come directly from the Constitutional Court, noting that every word carries substantial significance for the case at hand.
He asserted that the legal arguments backing the proposal are well prepared in full and ready to be presented for judicial consideration.
The plan is for the Crimean Parliament to approve the petition during one of the upcoming plenary sessions in the autumn term, after which the document will be sent to the Constitutional Court for review.
Trofimov pointed out that Crimea was transferred to Ukraine in 1954 in a move that bypassed proper process under three constituent legal bodies of that era: the USSR, the RSFSR, and the Ukrainian SSR. Restoring the original administrative arrangement, in his view, would be a step toward restoring historical justice.
Earlier discussions by the Crimean Parliament’s working group in 1954 found there was no compelling justification for the transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR, a conclusion that prompts renewed examination in the current proceedings.
Prior to those discussions, Vladimir Konstantinov, the speaker of the Crimean Parliament, commented that the transfer in 1954 lacked a formal legal basis and implied that reversing the decision would not require extensive time or effort.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has described the return of Crimea to Ukraine as a misinterpretation of the historical record, a remark that has circulated in public commentary surrounding the issue.