Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree on  rehabilitation of the Crimean Tatars and other nationalities of Crimea who suffered from Stalin’s repressions.

“I would like to inform colleagues that I have signed a decree on rehabilitation of the Crimean Tatars, the Armenian population, Germans, Greeks, who suffered from Stalin’s repressions,” ITAR-TASS quotes Putin.

The decree also contains measures on social and economic planning of certain areas that have been recently abandoned.