Putin says Crimea has always been 'inseperable part of Russia'. Oleksander Turchinov, Ukraine’s acting president, said the country is ready for negotiations with Russia on Crimea but would never accept an annexation, meanwhile the United States, the European Union and Ukraine's new government refused to recognize the Crimean referendum and discussed sanctions against Russia.- writes the america aljazeera.
The rumors on Russia's exclusion from the G8 are not anymore rumors.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said the G8 suspended Russia’s participation in their meetings. However, President Putin is still invited to visit France on June 6 reports the rt.
briefing history
Sunday
Crimea voted Sunday to join Russia on a referedum with a turnout of 83,1%. with final result was 96.77 % to rejoin Russia and 2.51 % against.
Monday
Putin signed a decree recognizing Crimea as a sovereign and independent state, Russian media reported on Monday, shortly after the peninsula declared independence after voters on Sunday overwhelmingly chose to secede from Ukraine.
Tueasday
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday approved a draft bill for the annexation of Crimea.
The decree signed by Putin was posted on the official government website.
The treaty to annex Crimea has to be
- signed by leaders of Russia and Crimea,
- approved by the Constitutional Court
- and then be ratified by the parliament.