Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Protection of Interests of Retail Depositors at Banks and Their Economically Autonomous Structural Subdivisions registered in and/or operating on the territory of the Republic of Crimea or the Territory of the City of Federal Importance of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Early Termination of the Mandate of the Volgograd Region Governor, releasing Sergei Bozhenov from his duties as Governor, and appointed Mr Bocharov to be Acting Governor.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with former Deputy Governor of Bryansk Region, Hero of Russia Andrei Bocharov.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Acting Governor of Stavropol Territory Vladimir Vladimirov to discuss prospects for developing the Kavkazskiye Mineralnye Vody resort area and resettling people out of dilapidated housing in the region.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Special Operation of the Financial System in the Republic of Crimea and City of Federal Importance Sevastopol during the Transition Period.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Orders On the Ministry of Crimean Affairs and On the Minister of Crimean Affairs.

Vladimir Putin and Mr Orlov discussed the region’s social and economic development.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Raising Wages for Public Sector Employees and State and Municipal Employees in the Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On State Support Measures for Pensioners in the Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Measures for Ensuring Social Guarantees for Particular Categories of People Serving in the Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The discussion at the meeting between Vladimir Putin and senior members of the Federation Council focused on the legal, economic, cultural, social and administrative integration of the two new constituent entities of the Russian Federation: the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members to discuss social and economic development in the Far East and Baikal regions.

Vladimir Putin signed instructions for a number of federal ministries and agencies.

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On holding a Celebratory Gun Salute in Moscow, Simferopol and Sevastopol.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Constitutional Law On Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea and Establishing within the Russian Federation the New Constituent Entities of the Republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Importance Sevastopol, and Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea and Establishing within the Russian Federation New Constituent Entities.

A ceremony signing the laws on admitting the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation took place at the Kremlin.

Pursuant to Article 84 (d) of the Constitution of Russia, Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma draft Federal Constitutional Law On the Accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the Creation of New Constituent Entities within the Russian Federation – the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol.

In accordance with Article 84 (d) of the Russian Constitution and the Federal Law On International Treaties of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on the Accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the Creation of New Constituent Entities within the Russian Federation, signed on March 18, 2014 in Moscow.