It was an event of special significance for the country and the people, because Crimea is where our people live, and the peninsula is of strategic importance for Russia as the spiritual source of the development of a multifaceted but solid Russian nation and a centralised Russian state. It was in Crimea, in the ancient city of Chersonesus or Korsun, as ancient Russian chroniclers called it, that Grand Prince Vladimir was baptised before bringing Christianity to Rus.

In absence of legal and political instruments, arms are once again becoming the focal point of the global agenda; they are used wherever and however, without any UN Security Council sanctions. And if the Security Council refuses to produce such decisions, then it is immediately declared to be an outdated and ineffective instrument.

Há de sublinhar que mais sofre a população civil. Foi destruída a infra-estrutura vital inclusive sistemas de abastecimento de energia eléctrica e de água, edifícios públicos e casas. Devido à insegurança e à destruição de duzentas escolas foi concelado de facto o início do ano lectivo nas regiões de Lugansk e Donetsk. Em Lugansk cerca de 250 mil pessoas ficam sem água por mais de um mês.

Como resultado de consideração e discussão das propostas apresentadas pelos participantes das consultas em Minsk a 1 de Setembro de 2014 o Grupo de contacto trilateral, formado pelos representantes da Ucrânia, da Federação da Rússia e da Organização para a Segurança e Cooperação na Europa, chegou a um entendimento sobre a necessidade de realizar os seguintes passos

Members of the Federation Council, deputies of the State Duma, citizens of Russia, residents of Crimea and Sevastopol, today, in accordance with the people's will, I submit to the Federal Assembly a request to consider a Constitutional Law on the creation of two new constituent entities within the Russian Federation: the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, and to ratify the treaty on admitting to the Russian Federation Crimea and Sevastopol, which is already ready for signing. I stand assured of your support.