According to local media reports, if Russia annexes the occupied territories of Ukraine, it will combine with Crimea, which was forcibly annexed in 2014, to form a new federal district.
According to the DPA news agency, the Russian daily Bedomosti, citing sources in the Russian parliament, reported that the Russian government is planning to establish a 'Federal Region of Crimea'.
Crimea, which Russia forcibly annexed in 2014, and Kherson, Zaporiza, Donetsk, and Luhansk, where the results of the referendum on annexation of Russia were announced on the same day, will be combined to create a new Crimean federal district.
Previously, Russia established the Crimean Federal District right after the annexation of Crimea, but abolished it when it incorporated Crimea into the Southern Federal District in 2016.
If the report is true, Russia may be trying to revive the annexation as an opportunity and use it to manage occupied territories in Ukraine.
Vedomosti reported that former president of the Russian Federation Space Agency Dmitry Rogozin, known as a hardline nationalist, is being mentioned as the plenipotentiary for the Crimean federal district.
The media reported that a close aide to President Vladimir Putin had heard that a decision regarding the appointment of former president Rogozin as plenipotentiary for the Crimean federal district would be made in the near future.
This person is known to have emphasized the need for a new federal district of Crimea to be established in view of Russia's difficult situation surrounding the referendum on annexation of Russia and the need for 'political power' to govern the new occupied territory.
Rogozin, who recently stepped down as president, has made provocative remarks several times in protest against Western sanctions against Russia in connection with the invasion of Ukraine.
He threatened to withdraw from the International Space Station and ISS project, which the United States and Russia have jointly operated since 2000, and said, "If a nuclear war breaks out, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and NATO countries will be destroyed in 30 minutes." I paid.
According to Interfax news agency, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the establishment of a new federal district would be announced at the Kremlin level.
A spokeswoman for Peskov said the Russian government was ready to accept the new people, Interfax said.