MOSCOW, March 17 - Crimea's Supreme Council has declared independence from Ukraine.
"The decree 'On the Independence of Crimea' was passed at an extraordinary session of the Crimean Supreme Council on March 17, 2014. It was favored by 85 deputies," the Council said on Monday.
"Based on the direct expression of will by the people of Crimea at the referendum on March 16, 2014, which showed the people of Crimea favoring a union with Russia, and therefore secession from Ukraine, and favoring the creation of an independent state; and in accordance with the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Crimea passed at an extraordinary plenary session of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on March 11, 2014, and at an extraordinary plenary session of the Sevastopol City Council on March 11, the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea hereby rules: that Crimea be declared an independent sovereign state, the Republic of Crimea, in which the city of Sevastopol has a special status," the document says.
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