UFA, 10 Jul - RIA Novosti/Prime. The head of the Ministry of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev believes that the claim of the Ukrainian banks to Russia due to the annexation of Crimea and other similar claims low minimum legal perspective.

"on the issue of the lawsuit is not the only claim that our partners filed against us in this regard. Clear political motivation of such actions and understand their low legal perspective, insignificant legal perspective, I would have said, " Ulyukayev said at a press conference.

first Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said about filing the state Oschadbank lawsuit against Russia in the amount of about fifteen billion hryvnias (0, 7 billion) for damages and losses incurred from the illegal annexation of Crimea.

Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the 16 March 2014 referendum in which the overwhelming majority of voters voted for reunification with Russia. In the Russian capital said that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter. Kiev still considers Crimea as part of Ukraine.

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