The Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea, – based on the historic commonality of their peoples and taking account of the ties established between them, – recognizing and ratifying the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples enshrined in the UN Charter, in accordance with which all peoples have an inalienable right to determine their political status freely and without outside interference and to implement their own economic, social, and cultural development, and each state is obliged to respect that right, – being fully resolved to ensure respect for and observance of human dignity, rights, and freedoms, including the right to life, freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and convictions for all within their territories, without distinction, in accordance with the generally accepted principles and norms of international law and cognizant of the close interconnectedness of the other main principles of international law enshrined, in particular, in the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and with the principle of respect for and observance of human rights, – expressing the common will of their peoples, indissolubly linked by a common historic destiny, to live together within a democratic federal rule-of-law state, – striving to ensure the well-being and prosperity of their peoples, – based on the free and voluntary expression of the will of the peoples of the Crimea for a general Crimean referendum, held in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol 16 March 2014, during which the peoples of the Crimea adopted a decision to reunify with Russia with the rights of a Russian Federation component, – taking into account the proposal from the Republic of Crimea and the special-status city of Sevastopol to admit Crimea, including the special-status city of Sevastopol, into the Russian Federation, have concluded this treaty on the following.
Article 1.1. The Republic of Crimea is deemed to have been admitted to the Russian Federation from the date of the signing of this treaty.2. The Republic of Crimea is admitted to the Russian Federation in accordance with the Russian Federation Constitution, this treaty, the federal constitutional law “On the Procedure for the Admission to and Formation Within the Russian Federation of a New Russian Federation Component,” and the federal constitutional law on the admission of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation.
Article 2.New components – the Republic of Crimea and the federal-status city of Sevastopol – are formed within the Russian Federation from the date of the Republic of Crimea’s admission to the Russian Federation.
Article 3.1. The Russian Federation guarantees all peoples living on the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the federal-status city of Sevastopol the right to preserve their native language and to create the conditions for it to be studied and developed.2. The state languages of the Republic of Crimea are Russian, Ukrainian, and Crimean Tatar.
Article 4.1. The limits of the territory of the Republic of Crimea and of the territory of the federal-status city of Sevastopol are determined by the borders of the territory of the Republic of Crimea and of the territory of the federal-status city of Sevastopol that existed on the date of the Republic of Crimea’s admission to the Russian Federation and the formation of new components within the Russian Federation.2. The border of the Republic of Crimea on land adjoining Ukrainian territory is the Russian Federation state border.3. The demarcation of the waters of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov is determined on the basis of the Russian Federation’s international treaties and of the norms and principles of international law.
Article 5.From the date of the admission of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the formation of new components within the Russian Federation Ukrainian citizens and persons of no citizenship permanently resident as of that day on the territory of the Republic of Crimea or on the territory of the federal-status city of Sevastopol are deemed to be Russian Federation citizens, with the exception of persons who within one month of that date express their desire to retain another citizenship on behalf of themselves and (or) their underage children, or to remain persons of no citizenship.
Article 6.A transitional period, during which matters pertaining to the integration of the new Russian Federation components into the Russian Federation’s economic, financial, credit, and legal systems and the Russian Federation’s system of organs of state power, as well as matters pertaining to the execution of military obligations and the performance of military service on the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the federal-status city of Sevastopol is in force from the date of the Republic of Crimea’s admission to the Russian Federation and the formation of new components within the Russian Federation and until 1 January 2015.
Article 7.Russian Federation citizens drafted for military service in the Republic of Crimea and the federal-status city of Sevastopol perform their military service on the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the federal-status city of Sevastopol until 2016 inclusively.
Article 8.Elections to Republic of Crimea organs of state power and to organs of state power in the federal-status city of Sevastopol shall be held on the second Sunday of September 2015. Until the election of organs of state power of the Republic of Crimea and organs of state power of the federal-status city of Sevastopol their powers shall be exercised correspondingly by the Republic of Crimea State Council – the Republic of Crimea parliament and the Republic of Crimea Council of Ministers – and by the Sevastopol City Legislative Assembly.
Article 9.1. Russian Federation legislative and other normative legal acts operate on the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the federal-status city of Sevastopol from the date of the Republic of Crimea’s admission to the Russian Federation and the formation of new components within the Russian Federation, unless otherwise stipulated by Russian Federation legislation.2. Normative legal acts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, the Republic of Crimea, and the special-status city of Sevastopol operate on the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the federal-status city of Sevastopol respectively until the end of the transitional period or until the adoption of a corresponding Russian Federation normative legal act and (or) Republic of Crimea normative legal act, or Russian Federation normative legal act and (or) federal-status city of Sevastopol normative legal act.3. Normative legal acts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, the Republic of Crimea, and the special-status city of Sevastopol which contravene the Russian Federation Constitution shall not apply.
Article 10.This treaty applies temporarily from the date of its signing and comes into force from the date of its ratification.
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