The head of Federal Agency on Affairs of nationalities Igor Barinov said that the difficult situation in the issue of interethnic relations observed in the North Caucasus and the Volga region, and the situation around the Crimean Tatars partly inflated.

"The Caucasus in the 1st place, There are problems, the Volga national republics. There are problems with indigenous peoples. But, of course the sharpest, hottest and most resonant is still the North Caucasus, " said Fins news Barinov.

Thus, according to him, the problem with the Crimean Tatars too, But not so acute as it is presented to the public.

before the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov said that the alleged violation of the rights and freedoms of the Crimean Tatars and other peoples in Crimea are not true. He said that the program of revival of the Crimean Tatar and other peoples of Crimea deported from the Republic during the war years, up to 2020 will be allocated about 10 billion rubles. Aksenov also said that nothing of this sort could not be and speeches for more than 20-year history of the finding of the Crimea from Ukraine.

Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the March 2014 referendum in which an overwhelming number of voters (96, 77%) were in favor of reunification with Russia. The head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has stated many times that the residents of the Crimea in a democratic way, in full accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations voted for reunification with Russia, respecting and accepting this choice, and this decision is the reality that ought to be considered.

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