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The European Parliament issued a joint resolution on the situation in Crimea and the Ukrainian prisoners in Russia. The document published on the website.
It says that on the Peninsula “the situation has deteriorated with human rights, there is a violation of freedom of speech, is the impact on the media and the forced introduction of Russian citizenship”.
In the opinion of the European Parliament, all it says is that “fundamental human rights are not guaranteed in Crimea.”
The resolution also stresses that “Russia’s decision of 21 March 2014 accession of Crimea is illegal” and “strongly condemns the decision of the Russian authorities to provide all residents of the Crimea Russian passports”.
The European Parliament argues that the Crimean Tatars, the indigenous people of the Peninsula, “are the main target for repression.”
Earlier, the US state Department said that sanctions against Russia in connection with accession of the Crimea will remain as long as Russia maintains control over the Peninsula.
In March 2014 in the Crimea held a referendum, the results of which the Peninsula became a territorial part of Russia, and Sevastopol city of Federal significance.