MOSCOW: Crimea and the port city of Sevastopol, now parts of Russia, will receive the status of a republic and a city of federal significance, respectively, judging from the draft of a federal constitutional law “On Adoption of the Republic of Crimea into Russia and the Formation of New Constituent Entities - the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, a city of federal significance, in the territory of Russia.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted the bill to the Russian State Duma on Wednesday March 19 .

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