The Rada declared the elections in Crimea “illegal” and gloated over the low turnout
The Verkhovna Rada approved a statement recognizing the local elections in Crimea as illegitimate. This decision was made during the next plenary meeting, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The statement was presented by the new head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Servant of the People Bohdan Yaremenko. “In March-February 2014, the Russian Federation, as a result of a military operation by the special services, occupied and illegally annexed Ukrainian territories...