Head of the Crimean Parliament Konstantinov: residents of Odessa and Nikolaev want to join Russia
Vladimir Konstantinov. photo: wikipedia
The head of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, said on Sunday in a conversation with RIA Novosti that the residents of Odessa and Nikolaev are waiting for the regions to join Russia. According to the politician, they support this.
Konstantinov called Odessa and Nikolaev Russian cities and said that «these are historically our lands.»
The head of the Crimean parliament stressed that taking control of all the southern regions of Ukraine will give their residents the opportunity to express their opinion on the issue of joining the Russian Federation in a referendum.
And Russia will be able to «form a full-fledged safety cushion» on its southern borders.