Eyvaz Umerov, head of the regional national-cultural autonomy of the Crimean Tatars. Archive photoSIMFEROPOL, Apr 22 >The head of the regional national and cultural autonomy of the Crimean Tatars, Eyvaz Umerov, proposed restoring the Crimean Federal District (KFO) in order to integrate the territories of southern Ukraine liberated from Ukrainian nationalists into the Russian economic space. Russian troops, during a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, took control of the entire Kherson region in the south of the country . Later, in the Kherson region and in the south of the Zaporozhye region, military-civilian administrations began to be formed, the process of broadcasting Russian television and radio broadcasting was launched, and the population began to use Russian rubles more widely in settlements. jpg» />In Crimea, they said that Kyiv is terribly afraid of the integration of the south of Ukraine with Russia» Residents of the Kherson and Azov parts of the Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine, who were once part of the Tauride province together with Crimea, and earlier — part of the Crimean Khanate, declare their desire to return to Russia, so they no longer want to be under the yoke of Ukrainian nationalists. Crimea plays a central role in the economic and legal integration of the southern regions of Ukraine. Therefore, I see that it is necessary to restore the Crimean Federal District, which may later include the regions of southern Ukraine,» Umerov told RIA Novosti. According to him, the final decision of their future fate lies with the residents of the liberated regions. Umerov believes that referendums should be held on the inclusion of the liberated regions of southern Ukraine in the Crimean Federal District. connection with the reunification of Crimea with Russia. It included two new subjects: the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. In 2016, in order to increase the efficiency of the federal authorities, the Crimean Federal District was abolished, and the subjects were included in the Southern Federal District. Earlier, State Duma deputy from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet proposed restoring the Tauride Governorate within its historical borders. According to him, «it's time to restore within the historical borders the Taurida Governorate, which once existed as part of the Russian Empire, in which Crimea will play a key role as a bulwark of development, security and stability.»
In Crimea, they told how the inhabitants of southern Ukraine perceived the Russian military
