SIMFEROPOL, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – The regional parliament of Crimea, a largely Russian-speaking part of Ukraine, has formed a new Cabinet of ministers, parliamentary speaker Vladimir Konstantinov told reporters Friday.

The speaker and the newly appointed pro-Russia prime minister, Sergei Aksenov, said the names of the other ministers would later be released by the parliament’s press service.

Crimea, an autonomous republic within Ukraine, is now at the center of the ongoing crisis in the country as pro-Russia groups move to distance themselves from a reformed national parliament that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday.