Rada names Feb. 20, 2014 as official date of Crimea, Sevastopol occupation by Russia

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has voted in favor of the law “On amendments into some laws of Ukraine on fixing a date of the beginning of temporary occupation”, which sets on Feb. 20, 2014 as an official

As a correspondent of Interfax-Ukraine reported, a total of 239 parliamentarians voted for the respective law at the sitting on Sept. 15.