MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - Elections to Crimea's and Sevastopol's government bodies will be held on the second Sunday of September 2015, according to a treaty on Crimea's and Sevastopol's accession to the Russian Federation and the formation of new entities within it.
"Elections to the government bodies of the Republic of Crimea and the government bodies of Sevastopol as a city holding federal status shall be held on the second Sunday of September 2015," says the text of the treaty available on the Kremlin website.
Before the elections, the Crimean State Council and Sevastopol's Legislative Assembly will perform the functions of these government bodies, it says.