Memo of the Society for the protection of clients ' rights (ozpp) recommending to Russian tourists in front of the entrance to the Crimea to get the permission of the Kiev authorities, absurd, this region is part of Russia, said the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
"Recommendation of the choice of tourist routes is not something that falls within the competence of the Kremlin. This is the first. Second, Crimea is a region of Russia, and for this reason the question of the organization of which you stated (ozpp), absolutely absurd, "- reports RIA "Novosti" message Peskov.
first Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Dmitry Polonsky said that the memo ozpp the regional authorities have described as a information discharge, aimed at disrupting the holiday season, and called on tourists from Russia not to succumb to the influence of " horror stories ". Prior to that, a member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Crimea Sergey Ecowater that believes the message of the Society for the protection of the rights of customers about the fact that the trip to the Crimea it is necessary to agree with Ukraine, is a diversion. In the Society of protection of clients ' rights VIEW newspaper confirmed that the Memo was drawn up in this organization, and it presents the personal opinion of the chief ozpp Michael Anshakov." This Memo is solely personal initiative and personal opinion of the chief Mikhail Anshakov. Though This message was posted on the resource ozpp (the memo can be seen on the Internet representation of the organization - Approx. OPINION), but as you know, This is a private resource Anshakov " - drew the attention of the Commissioner of the Company. We should add that the authors of the memo, published on the Internet office of ozpp, advise Russian citizens to obtain permission from the Ukrainian border service, crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border through the checkpoint in the Kherson region. They also emphasize that a citizen may recover compensation from a tourist organization, if that sold him the ticket, no warning of the possible risks.

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