SUDAK (Crimea), 12 Aug. Western countries «are well aware» that Crimea is Russian, but they do not officially recognize it «solely in order to throw us out of balance,» said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. «All of them are well aware that Crimea is Russian, and only to in order to unbalance us, they are trying to play along with the openly racist, neo-Nazi actions and plans of the current Kiev regime, «Lavrov told reporters, answering the question when Western countries recognize Crimea as Russian. In Crimea, participants of the «Crimean Platform» were warned about the consequences