The Ministry of Crimean Affairs (russian: Министерство Российской Федерации по делам Крыма (Минкрым России), Ministerstvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii po delam Kryma (Minkrym Rossii)) was a federal ministry in Dmitry Medvedev's

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which was established on March 31, 2014; and dissolved on July 15, 2015. The ministry was responsible for the integration of the

Republic of Crimea The Republic of Crimea, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; uk, Республіка Крим, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; crh, , is an unrecognized federal subject ( republic) of Russia, located in the Crimean Peninsula. Its territory ...

and the city of

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

into Russia's

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, financial, credit and

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systems, and as well as the economic and social development of

and Sevastopol City. The ministry was formed by Presidential decree of

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, who appointed the

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Oleg Savelyev as the federal minister with responsibility for the economic and social development of the region.

Background

On 11 March 2014, during the Crimean crisis, the Crimean parliament and the Sevastopol City Council issued a letter of intent to unilaterally declare independence from Ukraine. The document specifically mentioned Kosovo as a precedent in the lead part. The declaration was made in an attempt to legitimize a referendum on the status of Crimea where citizens were to vote on whether Crimea should apply to join Russia as a federal subject of the Russian Federation, or remain part of Ukraine. On 16 March 2014, a large majority (reported as 96.77% of those 81.36% of the population of Crimea who voted) voted in favour of independence of Crimea from Ukraine and joining Russia as a federal subject. After the referendum, Crimean lawmakers formally voted both to secede from Ukraine and ask for membership in the Russian Federation. The Sevastopol City Council, however, requested the port's separate admission as a federal city. On 18 March 2014, the self-proclaimed independent Republic of Crimea signed a treaty of accession to the Russian Federation. The accession was granted but separately for each the former regions that composed it: one accession for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as a federal subject, and another accession for Sevastopol as a federal city. The newly formed federal subject comprising the former Autonomous Republic of Crimea now bears the name Republic of Crimea — the same name as the short-lived, self-proclaimed independent republic. During the transition period, which lasted until January 1, 2015, both sides resolved the issues of integration of the new subjects "in the economic, financial, credit and legal system of the Russian Federation". The accession has been recognized internationally by only a few states. On 19 March 2014, the Ukrainian military began to withdraw from Crimea, and on 31 March the Ministry for Crimea Affairs was established. It was later dissolved on 15 July 2015, following executive orders signed by Putin, and passed all its powers to the Economic Development Ministry.

Management

Minister

* Oleg Savelyev (March 31, 2014 – July 15, 2015)Oleg Savelyev heads up new Russian Ministry for Crimean affairs - Russian PM
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Curator

Dmitry Kozak Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak ( rus, Дмитрий Николаевич Кóзак, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kˈozak, uk, Дмитро Миколайович Козак; born 7 November 1958) is a Russian politician who has served ...

(March 2014-July 15, 2015)

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