SUDAK (Crimea), 12 Aug. The position of the West on Crimea is shameful, after the last referendum they are trying to offend the expression of the will of the Crimean people, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (Viktor Ukraine — ed.) Yanukovych and the leaders of the opposition, which was guaranteed by France, Germany, Poland, the European Union, was guaranteed by the United States — and this agreement was trampled by the opposition in the morning, «Lavrov said during a speech at the Tavrida art cluster «.
Lavrov called the forum of the «Crimean Platform» planned by Kiev a Sabbath. He noted that when Russia asked the guarantors to reason with the opposition and return to the implementation of what the Western structures signed, «they threw up their hands: well, as you know, democracy triumphed.» «When the referendum took place. , with our, of course, support, because the servicemen of our military base ensured order, and thanks to them it (voting not in a referendum — ed.) passed bloodlessly, we suddenly began to say: “You annexed Crimea.” This is such a shameful position of our Western partners who encouraged this coup. Since then, you see what is happening with the Russian language in Ukraine, how they are trying in every possible way to offend the free feelings, the free expression of the will of the people of Crimea, «added Lavrov. Crimea became a Russian region after the referendum held there in March 2014 , in which 96.77% of Crimean voters and 95.6% of Sevastopol residents spoke in favor of joining Russia. Ukraine still considers Crimea to be its own, but temporarily occupied territory. The Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the inhabitants of Crimea democratically, in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter, voted for reunification with Russia. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Crimea issue is «finally closed.»
