Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the Supreme Court to include the four Ukrainian regions annexed in September–Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporiyia–into the Russian judicial system as soon as possible.
«Federal courts are supposed to be created in these territories. The Supreme Court, along with other bodies of the judiciary, has a lot of work to do to form new court compositions and their rapid integration into the Russian judicial system,» Putin has said.
The Russian president insisted that Moscow is obliged to take this step in order to guarantee the rights of the inhabitants of these four regions, annexed to Russia after a referendum which was considered illegal by the international community.
«This must be done as soon as possible so that the citizens living in these territories are guaranteed the constitutional right to judicial protection,» said President Putin, according to TASS news agency.
The integration of these four territories into the Russian judicial system involves the selection of personnel for the courts, the construction of new buildings or the acquisition of equipment and technical support for legal activities.
