The Russian State Duma Council has asked the president to take measures to stabilize the situation in Crimea, Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin said.
“The State Duma Council has adopted an address to the president of Russia, in which the deputies are calling on the president to take measures to stabilize the situation in Crimea and use all resources available to protect the Crimean population from lawlessness and violence,” Naryshkin told journalists on Saturday.
The Duma Council also adopted a statement on behalf of the parliamentarians, which expresses “deep concern about the way the sociopolitical situation is developing in Ukraine and about the escalation of the political crisis in Ukraine,” he said.
