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Decree on the Independence of Crimea - Russian Federation - Russia and the Republics Legal Materials - Second Series
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The Supreme Rada of the Autonomous Republic Crimea, proceeding from the direct expression of will of the peoples of Crimea at a referendum on 16 March 2014 which showed that the peoples of Crimea favored entry into Russia and, consequently, withdrawal from Ukraine and the creation of an independent State, being guided by the Declaration of Independence of the Republic Crimea adopted at an extraordinary plenary session of the Supreme Rada of the Autonomous Republic Crimea on 11 March 2014 and an extraordinary plenary session of the Sevastopol City Soviet on 11 March 2014, decrees:
1. To proclaim Crimea to be an independent sovereign State – the Republic Crimea, in which the City of Sevastopol shall have a special status.
William E. Butler, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Law in the University of London, attached to University College London, is the John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law at the Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, and Founder and Director of The Vinogradoff Institute.
An authority on the legal systems of Russia and former Soviet nations, he is the author, co-author, editor or translator of more than 3,500 books and articles on Russian, Soviet, Kazakhstan, Ukrainian, Uzbekistan, and other Commonwealth of Independent States legal systems. He has acted as Counsel to the EBRD, European Union, World Bank, United Nations, and Department for International Development of the United Kingdom on individual law reform projects.
The recipient of numerous honors for his service to Russian and international law, Professor Butler is Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Associate of the International Academy of Comparative Law, and Member of the Russian Academy of Legal Sciences. He has been elected to his fourth term as a member of the Russian International Court of Commercial Arbitration. In 2003 Professor Butler was awarded the G. I. Tunkin Medal by the Russian International Law Association.
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