MOSCOW, Mar 17 The reunification of Crimea and Russia was the right and timely decision, just look at what is happening now in the Donbass, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. At a meeting on the socio-economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol, he recalled how «during the difficult weeks of February-March 2014, Crimeans and Sevastopol residents showed courage, patriotism and stood in the way of neo-Nazis like a wall and radicals, those who organized and carried out a coup d'état in Kyiv.» «People in the Crimea and Sevastopol did not flinch, rallied and won. They made their free conscious choice to be together with Russia. The past years have convincingly proved how correct and timely it was this choice. It is enough to look at what is happening today in the Donbass, and everything becomes immediately clear,» Putin said. ra, 10:54In Crimea, new names are expected to appear in power in Ukraine
