Russian lawmakers aim to invalidate Khrushchev's Crimea transfer
This legislative initiative seeks to establish a legal foundation for Moscow to assert that Crimea has never belonged to Ukraine, according to Reuters.
Russian lawmakers seek to nullify Khrushchev's decision
The bill's proponents argue that the 1954 transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was unjustified and illegal. They highlight the lack of a referendum on the peninsula’s status at that time and assert that Soviet authorities lacked the authority to redistribute territories between republics.