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Chiefs of security organizations of the ARC take oath of allegiance to Crimea people

SIMFEROPOL, March 03, 6:01 /ITAR-TASS/. The chiefs of key security organizations of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC) have taken an oath of allegiance to the people of Crimea, a source in the press servive of the political party "Russian Unity", headed by Sergei Aksyonov, Chairman of the ARC Council of Ministers, told Itar-Tass.

The leaders of the Crimean government and parliament, as well as the chiefs of cities and districts of the ARC were present at the ceremony which took place in the conference hall of the Crimean Council of Ministers.

The oath of allegiance to the people of Crimea has been taken by Pyotr Zima, head of the Securiy Service of Crimea, Sergei Abisov, chief of the Crimea Directorate for Internal Affairs, Sergei Shakhov, chief of the Emergencies Directorate of Crimea, Viktor Melnichenko, actinh Chief of the Border Service of Crimea, and Rear-Admiral Denis Berezovsky, who had been earlier appointed Commander of the ARC Navy.

Aksyonov said the day "will go down in the history of the ARC as a day of the formation of all its security organizations". "We shall prove that people of Crimea are capable of defending themselves independently and also of ensuring security and freedom for our citizens," he said.

Aksynov also said that the chiefs of a number of other units and state services are also ready to take an oath of allegiance to the people of Crimea in the coming days.

"As of now, 90 percent of all secuirty organizations are subordinated to the Supreme Council of Crimea," the Chairman of the ARC Council of Ministers pointed out.