CRIMEAN DEPUTY HITS DRAFT UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTION.

Volodymyr Yehudin, a member of the Crimean parliament, reacted negatively to the new draft Ukrainian Constitution adopted by the Ukrainian parliament in the first reading yesterday. Yehudin claimed that the draft, which defines the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as "an integral part of Ukraine," reduces the degree of autonomy previously enjoyed by the peninsula, where the majority of the population are ethnic Russians. Yehudin predicted "serious repercussions" in Crimea. (Reuters, June 4)

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