Как известно, Верховная Рада Крыма в обход Конституции Украины приняла решение о проведении в Крыму 16 марта референдума по присоединению к России. (src)
As was noted, the Supreme Council of Crimea made a decision against the Ukrainian Constitution about a referendum on 3/16/2014 to join Russia.
Is this qualifier in the newspaper true?
Was the decision contrary to the Ukrainian Constitution (which binds Crimean Supreme Council).
The referendum seems to be unconstitutional. The relevant legal source appear to be article 72 and 73 of the Ukranian constitution. Article 73 states that any decisions on the territory of Ukraine must be resolved by an "All-Ukrainian referendum". Article 72 states that this type of referendum needs to be requested by at least three million citizens, "provided that the signatures in favour of the referendum have been collected in at least two-thirds of the oblasts with at least 100,000 signatures gathered in each oblast". This has not been done. Even if it had been done, all Ukranians would have the right to vote in the eventual referendum, whereas it seems as if only Crimean citizens would have a say in the planned referendum on March 16.
