He is therefore responsible for supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and stability and security in Ukraine.
Member of the Russia State Council. Since Jan 2017, member of the High Council of United Russia Party. For his involvement in the annexation process he has been awarded with Russian State order “For Merit to the Fatherland” – first degree.
Sergey Aksyonov was elected “Prime Minister of Crimea” in the Crimean Verkhovna Rada on 27 Feb 2014 in the presence of pro-Russian gunmen. His “election” was decreed unconstitutional by the acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov on 1 Mar 2014. He actively lobbied for the “referendum” of 16 Mar 2014 and was one of the co-signatories of the “treaty on Crimea’s accession to the Russian Federation” of 18 Mar 2014. On 9 Apr 2014, he was appointed acting “Head” of the so-called “Republic of Crimea” by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. On 9 Oct 2014, he was formally “elected” “Head” of the so-called “Republic of Crimea”. “Re-elected” in this position in Sep 2019.
Following the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, he has remained active in supporting separatist actions and policies, including the “nationalisation” of assets of Ukrainian politicians in the Republic of Crimea.