The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinpromulgated on Wednesday the annexation of the Ukrainian regions to Russia Donetsk, Lugansk, Cherson and Zaporizhiaas formalized in the respective decrees published on the official legal information portal of that country.
In this way the leaders that Moscow had already established in those areas partially occupied by Russian troops were formally appointed. Furthermore, it has been established that the official language will become Russianalthough the use of Ukrainian will be allowed, while the national currency will be the ruble.
Meanwhile, both the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics and the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions will retain their name as new entities of the Russian Federation.
As Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov anticipated on Tuesday, Putin has no plans to make statements after the signing of the decrees, nor to preside over a ceremony, as happened in 2014 when the Ukrainian peninsula’s annexation of Crimea was promulgated in a ceremony. solemn.
“The president has already spoken with a speech (last Friday), we have all seen and heard, it was very important”, he remarked, adding that “there will be no more statements”.
The incorporation of the Ukrainian territories it will force to reform article 65 of the Constitution which includes 85 federal entities. Now they rise to 89 with the inclusion of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia.
The transition period for the full incorporation of the territories in Russia will last until January 1, 2026.
The back room of the annexes
Earlier this week, both houses of parliament Russia had unanimously ratified the incorporation of these territories, after the referendums orchestrated by the Kremlin and which Western countries have called a farce.
The documents were presented to the senators by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, who stressed that it is not important for Moscow that the West does not recognize the referendums on the incorporation of these territories into Russia, while stating that they must “understand the new reality “.
Before the votes, Senator Liudmila Narusova drew attention to the “unprecedented” fact of the annexation of territories still under partial control of Ukraine, to which the president of the Commission for Constitutional Legislation, Andrei Klishas, has replied that the Constitutional Court had given the green light to the treaties, which were ratified unanimously by the Chamber, where there was no debate on the matter.
A change in the Constitution to incorporate 89 federated entities
The incorporation of the Ukrainian territories will force to reform article 65 of the Constitution which includes 85 federal entities. Now they rise to 89 with the inclusion of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia.
Furthermore, after the annexation, the Russian Federation, which has more than 147 million inhabitants, will exceed 150 million citizens.
According to the Moscow-imposed authorities of the incorporated regions, “queues” have already formed in some of them to receive Russian citizenship.
With the annexation of these territories, Russia also transforms Azov into an inland sea, which guarantees the security of Crimea.
With information from agencies.
Source: Clarin
