SIMFEROPOL, Mar 22Senator from the Crimean region, member of the international committee of the Federation Council Sergei Tsekov said that the Ukrainian authorities must provide ironclad guarantees of the recognition of the Russian status of Crimea and the independence of the people's republics of Donbass, otherwise all their statements and promises should be regarded as demagogy. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov On March 7, he said that Russia told Ukraine that it could stop the special operation «at any moment» if Kyiv complies with Moscow's conditions. In particular, the Kiev side is invited to amend the constitution and renounce claims to join «any bloc», recognize Crimea as Russian, and the DPR and LPR as independent states.
07:29 Ex-deputy of the Rada supported Russia's demand for Ukraine to recognize CrimeaVladimir Zelensky, in turn, said that Crimea and Donbass are a difficult story for everyone, this issue needs to be resolved after Ukraine receives security guarantees. Zelensky also wants an all-Ukrainian referendum to decide on compromises in negotiations with Russia on security guarantees and on the DPR, LPR and Crimea. «Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities are unable to comply with the agreements. Therefore, guarantees of recognition of Crimea and the independence of the DPR and LPR on their part should be provided otherwise, all their statements and promises should be regarded as sheer demagoguery,» Tsekov told RIA Novosti. According to him, there is no trust in the current government of Ukraine. «Guarantees from the current Ukrainian authorities should not be expected. They already gave a guarantee on the status of Crimea in the early 90s. Then they agreed with the decision to restore autonomy and adopt a constitution for Crimea, and then they took it and cut and abolished all the powers of the republic as much as possible,» Tsekov stressed. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. .jpg» />March 19, 07:03Crimean political scientist named the most reliable guarantee of Ukraine's neutrality
