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The accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation is an ongoing process that began after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. The day after the 2014 Crimean referendum, the parliament of Crimea asked the Russian Federation "to admit the Republic of Crimea as a new subject with the status of a republic".
Timeline
- March 16:
- The results of the referendum on the status of Crimea indicate an overwhelming support for joining Russia.
- March 17:
- Dispute over the results of the referendum on the status of Crimea are questioned from outside organisations.
- Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet states to the press, "The hopes of the Crimean people, who have voted in Sunday's referendum for accession to Russia, should not be forfeited."
- Crimea’s Parliament declares independence and asks the Russian Federation to admit the Republic of Crimea into Russia.
- Crimea's Parliament declares the Russian ruble an official currency, alongside hryvnia.
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin issues a decree formally recognizing Crimea as an independent state.
- President of Russia approves draft Treaty between Russian Federation and Republic of Crimea on admission of the Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation and establishment of the new subjects of the Russian Federation.
- The Republic of Crimea is recognized by Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, and South Ossetia.
- March 18:
- According to Article 6 of the Federal Constitutional Law "On the Procedure of Admission to the Russian Federation and the Formation Within It New Subject of the Russian Federation" of 2001, President Vladimir Putin notifies the Government, the State Duma and the Federation Council of proposals by the Crimean State Council and the Sevastopol Legislative Assembly regarding their admission to the RF and the formation of new constituent territories.
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin addresses the Russian Federal Assembly on Crimea's accession to Russia, and signs the treaty on the admission of the Republic of Crimea (including Sevastopol) into Russia (as the Republic of Crimea and federal city Sevastopol respectively in accordance with the provisions of the the 2001 Accession Law).
- Transnistria sends a request to join the Russian Federation following the Crimean example and in compliance with the Accession Law provisions.
- March 19:
- Putin submitted to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, a treaty of Crimea’s reunification with Russia and a constitutional amendment on setting up two new constituent territories of the Russian Federation.
- Russia’s Constitutional Court unanimously ruled that the Treaty on Crimea’s Accession to Russia corresponds to the Russian Constitution in a an emergency session following a formal request by President Vladimir Putin to assess the constitutionality of the treaty.
- March 30:
- Crimea is planned to switch to Moscow Time.
Accession process
Telecommunications
The ministry of communications assured that the locals do not have to suffer as a result of joining the two regions to Russia. A transition period will be implemented which will allow them to adjust to the Russian legislation. After joining the two regions, the Russian operators have to change the numbering capacity and subscribers. Country code will be replaced from the Ukrainian +840 to Russian +7. Codes in many cities of the Crimea start at six, but in the area of " 7" the 6 is given to Kazakhstan which shares +7 alongside with Russia, so city codes also have to change. A new Geographic numbering code to be attached to Crimea. Local operators will have to change software and numbering capacity. At the time of the unification with Russia, telephone operators and Internet service providers in Crimea and Sevastopol are connected to the outside world due trunks passing through the territory of Ukraine.
Expectations
Until now, Crimea was considered a place where people go for holidays independently, without buying a tour, and now travel agencies see it as a new market. Without the need to exchange currency it may become one of popular holiday destinations. The Russian government is expected to promote Crimea as a resort and provide subsidized holidays to the peninsula for children and state workers. Russian businessmen and politicians have also been reported as planning to invest into developing Crimean health resort infrastructure. In a short term, in 2014, the number of Russians spending their summer vacations in Crimea is expected to be lower than in the previous year due to worries about the political situation, Ukrainians, too, won't come in usual numbers, but the Crimean government still hopes that Russian tourists will flow in and invites them to come.
The Sofia news agency Novinite claims that according to the German newspaper Die Welt, accession of Crimea is economically disadvantageous for the Russian Federation. Russia will have to spend billions of euros a year to pay salaries and pensions. Moreover, Russia will have to undertake costly projects to connect Crimea to the Russian water supply and power system because Crimea has no land connection to Russia and at present gets water, gas and electricity from mainland Ukraine. This will require building a bridge and a pipeline across the Kerch Strait. Also, Novinite claims that a Ukrainian expert told Die Welt that Crimea "will not be able to attract tourists".
The Russian business newspaper Kommersant expresses an opinion that Russia will not acquire anything economically from accessing Crimea, which is not very developed industrially, having just a few big factories, and whose yearly gross product is only $4 billion. The newspaper also says that everything from Russia will have to be delivered by sea, higher costs of transportation will result in higher prices for everything, and in order to avoid a decline in living standards Russia will have to subsidize Crimean people for a few months.
In total, Kommersant estimates the costs of integrating Crimea into Russia in $30 billion over the next decade, i.e. in $3 billion per year.
References
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- Treaty on Crimea’s accession to Russia corresponds to Russian Constitution
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