INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASPECT OF THE OCCUPATION OF ARC AND THE CITY OF SEVASTOPOL PART 2 2.4.3. The Federal Constitutional Law of the Russian Federation ‘On Accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and Creation of New Constituent Entities in the Russian Federation – the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol’46 Date and number: 21 March 2014, No. 6-FKZ. Date of entry into force: On the date of commencement of the Treaty made between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on accession of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation and creation of new constituent entities in the Russian Federation. Content: Two new entities are established in the Russian Federation – the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. Three o7 cial languages are recognized in the territory of new entities (the Russian, the Ukrainian, the Crimean Tatar). All Ukrainians and persons without citizenship are granted the citizenship of the Rus- sian Federation. A period of 1 month is given to reject it. The transitional period for settlement of the issues of integration of new constituent entities in various sys- tems (legal, economic, R nancial, credit etc.) is established until 01 January 2015. It determines the procedures for formation of state government bodies, prosecutors’ o7 ces, local self-government bodies, and courts. It provides the guidelines for the functioning of banks, budgetary organizations, lawyers, public notaries. It also cov- ers other issues of peninsula integration. 2.4.4. Federal Law of the RF ‘On the application of provisions of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation in the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol’47 Date and number: 5 May 2014, No.91 – FZ Content: The law enacted the exercise in Crimea of criminal proceedings according to the rules established by the criminal procedural legislation of the Russian Feder- ation subject to the provisions of the Federal Constitutional Law of March 21, 2014 No. 6-FKZ. This Law shall apply retrospectively, that is, to the legal relations related to acts committed in the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol before March 18, 2014. 46 http://www.rg.ru/2014/03/22/krym-dok.html 47 http://www.rg.ru/2014/05/07/primenenie-dok.html 31

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