Yalta embankment. File photoSIMFEROPOL, Feb. 4The first vice-speaker of the Crimean parliament, Yefim Fiks, called the US document in which Washington declared its readiness to discuss arms control with the Russian Federation in response to the withdrawal of troops from Crimea as rudeness and cynicism. or California. State Department spokesman Ned Price previously confirmed the authenticity of documents published in the Spanish newspaper El Pais about the US and NATO response to Russia's security guarantee proposals. The documents, in particular, noted that the United States was ready to discuss mutual obligations with the Russian Federation to limit the deployment of offensive missile systems and forces in Ukraine. At the same time, it was indicated that Washington was ready to start a dialogue on arms control in response to the withdrawal of troops and peacekeepers from the Crimea, Transnistria, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. to remind the Americans that no dialogue is possible without respect for the point of view of their opponent. Secondly, Crimea is an integral part of the Russian Federation. With the same success, we could put forward counter conditions to the United States on the withdrawal of troops from Alaska, California and other states, «RIA said News Fix.According to him, the United States needs to learn courtesy and respect in building relationships with other countries. «Then it will be possible to talk to them, otherwise there is nothing to talk and discuss with them yet,» the vice-speaker of the Crimean State Council emphasized.The embassy reminded the United States of the «Powell test tube» after allegations of a video fakeCrimea became a Russian region in March 2014 following a referendum after a coup d'état in Ukraine. In the referendum, 96.77% of voters in Crimea and 95.6% in Sevastopol voted for joining Russia. Ukraine still considers Crimea its own, but temporarily occupied territory, many Western countries support Kiev in this. The Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the inhabitants of Crimea democratically, in full accordance with international law and the UN Charter, voted for reunification with Russia. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the issue of Crimea is “finally closed.” At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further eastward expansion of NATO, joining the Ukrainian bloc, and establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near the borders of Russia and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. At the end of January, the United States and NATO sent written responses to Russia's proposals on security assurances to Moscow. uploads/2022/02/acc01cd58f318d0378dae05f67136566.jpg» />Infographic
