Crimea. File photoSIMFEROPOL, Aug 20 The head of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, called the Kyiv authorities terrorists, and the United States their sponsor. Earlier, the Politico newspaper, citing a high-ranking representative of the American administration, wrote that the United States admits the possibility of using weapons supplied to Kyiv to carry out attacks on Crimea, taking it for «self-defense.» «The United States did not forbid doing this. The question is not in desire, but in capabilities. If they had the opportunity, they would gladly hit Crimean infrastructure facilities, our cities and villages. They are still doing this in the Donbas. For Kyiv, Crimea is one of the priority goals, and their American colleagues will gladly sponsor such terrorism. The only guarantee against this is our readiness to counter terrorist acts,» Konstantinov told RIA Novosti. in this, in his opinion, the problem can be cardinally solved only «by ceasing the existence of the Kyiv regime.» «We never doubt ate in his cannibalistic terrorist nature. Now it is obvious to all Russians, to all people on the planet who have not lost the ability to distinguish black from white,» the head of parliament emphasized. Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which 96.77% of voters in the Republic of Crimea and 95 6% in Sevastopol voted for joining Russia.Ukraine still considers Crimea its own, but temporarily occupied territory.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».
