01/04/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 1 April, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service denounced the Russian presidential decree of 20 March adding most of Crimea and Sevastopol to the list of Russian border territories in which non-Russian citizens are prevented from owning land. Noting that the European Union does not recognise Russia's illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula, the spokesperson announced that, as a result, the EU does not recognise this decree, “which is yet another attempt to forcibly integrate the illegally-annexed peninsula into Russia”. They added that the decree was also a violation of international humanitarian law, “as it is another step towards the imposition of Russian citizenship in the peninsula” and that “this could also lead to the arbitrary deprivation of property”. (CG)