Today for the first time since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis the idea that Crimea can become a part of the Russian Federation was officially voiced. The questions of the Crimean referendum were published. The residents of Crimea will decide between going back to the Constitution of 1992 or joining Russia. The Supreme Council of Crimea also decided to address the Russian Federation about Crimea becoming a part of Russia.
The head of the Russian Party “Spravedlivaya Rossiya” Sergey Mironov, said that the law on this question will be discussed next week. Vladimir Putin has not replied yet.
As Ukrainian political scientist Aleksey Poltorakov said to VK, the questions brought to the referendum were predictable. “Those two questions refer to the most needed, painful points of Crimea. It refers both to the internal context in the sense of returning to the Constitution of 1992 and to the external context in the sense of joining Russia”. “Yet, the formulation of these questions can be criticized. Crimeans will be reminded that this referendum also contradicts the Constitution of Ukraine that is nominally working now and pertains to Crimea as well. Experts already point out that these questions recall those asked at the referendum in Transnistria”, he added.
