Putin signs decree on elimination of ministry for Crimea - Kremlin
MOSCOW. July 15 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Wednesday a decree eliminating the Ministry for Crimean Affairs, since the transition period has ended. The decree was posted on the Kremlin website on Wednesday.
"Due to the completion of the transition period stipulated in the federal constitutional law of March 21, 2014 No. 6-FKZ - on Crimea joining Russia and on establishing two new regions within Russia: the republic of Crimea and the city of federal importance Sevastopol - and in order to optimize the structure of federal agencies of executive authorities I order: to eliminate a) the Russian Ministry for Crimean Affairs; b) the State Committee for Social and Economic Development of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol," the document said.
