41.   The Crimean parliament voted Friday to give the autonomous republic effective independence from Ukraine.

42.   The claim also contradicted a report by a Crimean parliament spokesman Saturday who said that the cordon had been lifted.

43.   The Crimean parliament has also adopted a new bill explicitly renouncing any secessionist aims.

44.   The Crimean parliament decided Tuesday to set up a special commission to counter the epidemic.

45.   The Crimean parliament decided Tuesday to set up a special commission to look into ways of tackling the epidemic.

46.   The Crimean parliament has asked for Russian help, but Moscow has so far treated the issue as an internal Ukrainian affair.

47.   The Crimean parliament in Simferopol was expected to reject the decree.

48.   The Crimean parliament prompted a crisis with Kiev in May when it voted for a constitution which created a separate Crimean citizenship and its own national guard.

49.   The Crimean parliament reacted by voting to confirm Kuznetsov as Crimean interior minister and appointing its own candidate as security minister.

50.   The Crimean parliament was to hold another session on Wednesday to issue appeals to the Russian lower house of parliament and to international organizations.