Sevastopol governor sees Rada decision to rename cities in Crimea as flirting with majilis
SIMFEROPOL. May 12 (Interfax) - The decision made by Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada to return Crimean Tatar names to 75 populated areas and districts in Crimea is an attempt made by parliamentarians to flirt with the Crimean Tatar majilis, which is banned in Russia, Sevastopol Governor Sergei Menyailo said.
"Such a decision made by the Verkhovna Rada, once again, confirms that Crimea and Sevastopol made the right choice in the spring of 2014. Kyiv is again forcing its decisions, without any regard for the opinion of the people who live on the peninsula. In this case, there is a clear goal to flirt with extremists form the majilis, but the Ukrainians should understand that the games of Kyiv politicians will hurt the general public, as their taxes will be used for re-issuing cards and other documents in accordance with the 'genius' decisions made by the parliamentarians to rename [cities]," Menyailo was quoted as saying by his official representative Kirill Moskalenko.
You can change names and dig pits, you can even walk on your hands if you want to, but who needs all this? Definitely not the people of Ukraine. They'd better tackle the real problems of their citizens, instead of making their neighbors laugh," the Sevastopol governor said.
The Ukrainian parliament, on Thursday, made a decision to rename cities and districts in Crimea. For example, the Kirovsky district will become Isliamteretskiy, and the city of Krasnoperekopsk will become Yany Kapa.
Crimea joined Russia in March 2014, following a referendum on the status of the peninsula. Ukraine does not recognize the results, and considers the region to be its temporarily occupied territory. The West called the actions taken by Russia an annexation, and imposed sanctions against it.
