“I think that this should happen within a week,” he told RIA Novosti.

Miroshnik stressed that the main event, namely the referendum, had already passed.

After it, it is necessary to strictly follow all the parameters that the legal system of Russia requires, he noted.

“Therefore, here, let’s say, the locomotive has already started, and you can hardly stop it ... We are right at the finish line, and we will pass it, definitely,” Miroshnik concluded.

He also said that the agreement on the entry of the region into Russia is at the stage of finalization.