'External threat eliminated': self-defense detachments of Sevastopol disbanded
26 March 2014, 08:22 -- Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Sevastopol city administration Alexey Chaly has signed a decree 'On the cessation of operation of militias' on Tuesday.
'Due to the entry of the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation and the establishment of the state border with Ukraine it is considered inappropriate to continue the work of operation of militias. Thus such units should be disbanded', it is stated in the document, the text of which is cited on the official website of the coordinating council. The message on the site says that thousands of residents organized themselves at a critical moment for the protection of Sevastopol: patrolled the streets, guarding vital urban infrastructure, were on watch at checkpoints.
Chaly thanked the militias for work and the benefit for Sevastopol and said that they have made an invaluable contribution to the security of the city. 'External threat, which opposed the self-defense units, has been eliminated, Crimea and Sevastopol have become part of the Russian Federation and no military units that belonged to the Kiev authorities are left on the territory of the Crimea', Chaly said in a statement published on the website of the coordinating council.
He noted that in the most difficult days such unites helped Sevastopol to stand. 'I want to thank all the militias. In the first, the darkest days of the 'Russian Spring' you were the only shield of the new government, which eventually let happen what happened: Sevastopol returned to the bosom of their historic homeland. I want to announce that the coordinating council of the city of Sevastopol has established a distinctive sign which will be awarded to participants self-defense units of the city '-said the Chairman of the Coordinating Council.
However, he noted that the 'revolution' was completed. According to him, the process of social reform in Sevastopol will take some time, but improvements are evolutionary, legitimate, and not revolutionary. ' The process of reforming society, which was injured for 23 years old, will take some time. And it is necessary to accept. This does not mean that changes for the better will not happen, but they will be evolutionary, statutory, rather than revolutionary. I discussed this situation with the ministers of law enforcement agencies of the country and want to assure you that in this sense we have a full understanding and a desire to change the situation radically. But again, evolutionarily, and within the laws of the Russian Federation ', - said the Chairman of the Coordination Council.
Voice of Russia, RIA, Interfax
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