Naryshkin drew a parallel between the recognition of the independence of Finland and the Crimea

State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin drew a parallel between the reluctance of European countries to recognize the results of the Crimean referendum and the decision on the granting of independence to the people of Finland, adopted in 1917.
the head of the lower house of the Russian Parliament Sergey Naryshkin have compared the recognition results of the Crimean referendum, the European countries and the process of recognizing the independence of Finland in 1917.
Naryshkin, who recently met in the Russian capital with a delegation of the Finnish colleagues, told me How to discuss the October revolution and the granting of independence to Finland, reports " news Agency "." The young Soviet government that came to power illegally in the process of the October revolution ? coup, understanding and respecting the right of peoples to self-determination, adopted an opinion on the granting of independence to the people of Finland " ? recalled Sergei Naryshkin. According to his statement, a comparison with the current behavior of the EU countries, which consider themselves in a higher degree of legal States and give lessons in democracy ", but " instead, to respect the right of people to choose their own destiny, concerning the inhabitants of the Crimea - Russians, Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars, Jews, Moldavians, - those who live on the Crimean Peninsula, Sevastopol, these countries this right is the most grossly trampled on "." If anyone out there day does not recognize or does not recognize the night, it is not this means that the day will then become dark, and the night will be to Shine a bright light " - hinted Naryshkin. As reported by the print edition OPINION, first on Thursday, the Speaker of the State Duma said that he had received a letter from the head of the OSCE PA Ilkka of Kanerva with a call to participate in the Assembly, but Russia will not change the decision not to go to Finland. Remember, Finland has decided not to give the speaker of the state Duma of Russia Sergei Naryshkin permission to enter the country to participate in the session of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly in July due to the fact that he is placed in the sanctions list of the EU. In the Russian Federation have reacted to it very negatively quickly. For example, July 1, the foreign Ministry said that the refusal of Finland entry Naryshkin harm bilateral relations. Later Finland on the official level did not agree with the allegations of a hostile attitude toward Russia.


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