The Ukrainian head Petro Poroshenko has compared Russia with Nazi Germany and the referendum in Crimea Anschluss of Austria in 1938.
"This year we want to tell the world the true history of the Ukrainian people, found themselves caught between Stalin and Hitler," wrote Poroshenko in publication for EUobserver." The Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938 and the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014 have striking similarities. The occupation by the Nazis Sudetenland under the pretext of protection of ethnic Germans living in Czechoslovakia, and the Russian intervention in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine are equally disturbing analogy ", - said Poroshenko. Moscow has stated many times that it is not involved in the events in southeastern Ukraine, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. In the capital of Russia emphasize that all the charges against her are unproven. March 16, 2014 Crimea held a referendum on the status of autonomy, more than 96% of participants who were in favor of joining region in Russia. On March 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on ratification of the agreement on joining of the Crimea and Sevastopol a part of Russia, as well as the decree about formation of the Crimean Federal district.