Vladimir Konstantinov: Crisis is a reason for regions, bodies of local self-government and territorial communities become stronger

Today, 30 October, in Strasbourg (French Republic) in the framework of the 25-th meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe was held a roundtable on the theme “Regionalization and devolution in Europe in a context of economic crisis”, which was attended by members of the official delegation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea headed by the Speaker of the autonomy Parliament Vladimir Konstantinov.

In his speech V. Konstantinov noted that the Crimea is the most democratic autonomy in the post-Soviet space. “We were born, grew stronger and developed in constant political and legal dialogue with the Central leadership of the state of Ukraine. This dialogue is often was difficult, there were material differences. But we, together with the official Kyiv have never gave him to cross the line. Crimea often put in one number with Transnistria, Chechnya, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, where blood was shed. But we managed to save in the region peace and stability,” - the stressed the Chairman of Crimean Parliament.