From left: Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council, Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol, listening to President Vladimir Putin's statement before the assembly of Duma deputies, Federation Council members, the heads of the Russian regions and representatives of civil society. His speech concerned an appeal by the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to integrate them with the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014.
