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Republic of Crimea considered accepted into Russian Federation

The ground border of the Republic of Crimea, adjacent to the Ukrainian territory, is the State Border of the Russian Federation
Sergey Aksyonov (left), Vladimir Putin and Aleksei Chalyi (right) ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Metsel
Sergey Aksyonov (left), Vladimir Putin and Aleksei Chalyi (right)
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MOSCOW, March 18. /ITAR-TASS/. The Republic of Crimea is considered to be accepted into Russia from Tuesday, March 18 — the date of signing the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on the Accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and Formation of New Subjects in the Russian Federation. It was signed on Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin, head of the Republic of Crimea’s State Council Vladimir Konstantinov, the Republic’s Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov and Sevastopol’s Mayor Aleksei Chalyi.