Politics of Crimea
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The politics of Crimea today is that of the Republic of Crimea on one hand, and that of the federal city of Sevastopol on the other, within the context of the largely unrecognised annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in March 2014.
Background
From 1991 to 2014, the politics of Crimea had been that of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and of Sevastopol.
However, following the ousting of the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych during the Revolution of Dignity, Russia invaded Crimea. Following the Russian takeover, a referendum in Crimea on whether it should be independent or rejoin Russia was organized (unrecognized by most of the world, the referendum did not offer the option to stay within Ukraine). Days after the official results showed overwhelming support for the proposal, Russia signed a Treaty of Accession with the self-declared independent Republic of Crimea that annexed Crimea to the Russian Federation as two federal subjects.
While the Russian Federation both claims and administers the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as two of its federal subjects, Ukraine continues to claim Crimea as integral part of its territory.
Institutions
The Constitution of the Republic of Crimea is the basic law of the Republic of Crimea within the Russian Federation. It was ratified on 11 April 2014 and, de facto, replaced the previous Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea that was repealed by the Crimean status referendum. The Russian constitution was updated to list the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as the 84th and 85th Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation.
Parliament of Crimea
The 75-seat State Council of Crimea is the legislative branch of the Republic of Crimea.
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