From left: Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's State Counci, Nikolai Nikiforov, Minister of Communications and Mass Media, and Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, with Aleksei Chaly (right), Head of Sevastopol, attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014.18.03.2014#2399624
From left: Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council, Aleksei Chaly, Head of Sevastopol, and Olga Golodets, Vice-Prime Minister, after signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation2014.18.03.2014#2399612
From left: Andrei Belousov, the Russian President's aide, Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of Chechnya, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's State Council, seen after signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation18.03.2014#2399609
President Vladimir Putin (third left) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's State Council. Fourth left: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol. From right: Valentina Matviyenko, Federation Council Speaker, Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister, and Sergei Naryshkin, State Duma Speaker.18.03.2014#2399571
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399570
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399569
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399565
President Vladimir Putin (center) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014.18.03.2014#2399564
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399562
President Vladimir Putin (second right, foreground) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399561
President Vladimir Putin (second right, foreground) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399559
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399558
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399557
President Vladimir Putin (second right, foreground) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399556
President Vladimir Putin (right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council.18.03.2014#2399555
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399554
President Vladimir Putin (second right, foreground) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399553
Vladimir Putin (right), President of Russia, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's State Council, attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399543
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399541
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399539
President Vladimir Putin (second right) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Right: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399534
President Vladimir Putin (third left) attending the Kremlin ceremony on signing the Russian Federation-Crimea Treaty on Crimea's integration with Russia and formation of new jurisdictions in the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014. From left, foreground: Sergei Aksyonov, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of Crimea's Supreme Council. Fourth left: Aleksei Chaly, head of Sevastopol.18.03.2014#2399533