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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) ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Dzhaparidze
Sergei Naryshkin (center) during State Duma session (archive)
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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.