MOSCOW, March 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Leaders of factions in the State Duma (lower house of Russian parliament) and its Speaker Sergei Naryshkin will submit a statement in support of the referendum on March 16, in which the Republic of Crimea proclaimed independence from Ukraine.
Duma faction leaders to submit statement on Crimean referendum
The Duma will discuss the statement on March 18
Sergei Naryshkin (center) during State Duma session (archive)
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