in 1995, the ukrainian parliament repealed the crimean constitution and abolished the office of president on march 17, 1995. after some previous warnings in september and november 1994 on march 17, 1995, the president of ukraine leonid kuchma , signed the law of ukraine that repeals the amended constitution of crimea and some other laws of the republic of crimea, because they were contrary to the constitution of ukraine and jeopardized the sovereignty of ukraine.