Ukraine's parliament sanctioned emergency state regime in Crimea
According to LIGABusinessInform, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine on its special sitting has approved the Decree of President dated December 3, 2005, "About Introduction of Emergency State Regime in Settlements of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea".
The law enters into force since the day of its publication. The law also stipulates an appeal to the President which is to be made with a request to issue another decree, which would determine the actual timeframe of the emergency regime and the frontiers of the areas where the regime is in force.