"The Ministry of information policy of Ukraine for the second consecutive year  is implementing complex program of the information reintegration of Crimea, which aims at a clear definition of the understanding in the global agenda that the Crimea is Ukraine. The program includes social information projects, the support of the Crimean mass media, support of persons, etc.", - this was stated by the Deputy Minister of information policy of Ukraine Artem Bidenko, during a round table meeting 16.03.2014 - the second year of "pseudo-spring" organized by the Gorshenin Institute and the project “Free Crimea”.

The Deputy Minister also noted that MIP proposed to define 26 February as a Day of resistance to the Russian occupation. "We have submitted the initiative to the Presidential Administration. I hope next year this date will be marked officially," said Artem Bidenko.

Thus, MIP continues to work on the official recognition on 26 February as the Day of the Crimean resistance and its inclusion in the official calendar of events in Ukraine.

The MIP initiative was supported by all Crimean activists and journalists. A few months before 26 February, the MIP held a series of meetings with the Crimean activists, journalists and human rights activists. On this day the main events concerning Crimea: the International forum, marathons, flash mobs, educational activities in schools were held.

In addition, the approved MIP plan for 2016, includes one of the key areas – the informational reintegration of the temporarily uncontrolled territories of Ukraine.

Recall, on 15 September 2015, the Verkhovna Rada amended the law "On ensuring rights and freedoms of citizens and legal regime on the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine" according to which the date of the beginning of Crimean occupation shall be determined as 20 February 2014.