Russia's Constitutional Court has approved the treaty between President Vladimir Putin and the Crimean authorities, wrote the Moscow Times, adding that, the court head Valery Zorkin told Interfax that the body had decided in a meeting that the treaty was constitutional and no public hearings were conducted on the contestable parts, because no contesting party was present.
"The Constitutional Court recognizes that the Treaty corresponds to the Russian Constitution," - Zorkin said.
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As a next step, according to Russia's procedure for adopting new subjects, the agreement and changes to the 65th article of the Russian Constitution must be ratified by the State Duma, event scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, and the Federation Council,scheduled for noon on Friday.
The Treaty will be effective since its signing and comes into effect since its ratification - recalls the THE VOICE OF RUSSIA
By now in order to have Crimea annexed to Russia, the only steps remains the ratification of the treaty that was to be:
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_19/Russian-Constitutional-Court-says-Crimea-deal-complies-with-int-l-laws-2729/
The Treaty will be effective since its signing and comes into effect since its ratification - recalls the THE VOICE OF RUSSIA
By now in order to have Crimea annexed to Russia, the only steps remains the ratification of the treaty that was to be:
signed by leaders of Russia and Crimea,approved by the Constitutional Court- and then be ratified by the parliament.