Despite the pressure from the West: in Russia appreciated the words of Schroeder on the return of the Crimea

Russian politicians said the message of the former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder about the fact that the return of the Crimea to Russia were absolutely legitimate.

Senator Alexei Pushkov said that the opinion of Schroeder shared by most Western politicians. As an example He cited the ex-President of France valö?ry Giscard d " 'estaing, former MEP Jean-Luc Mö?lenchon and the Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. But, added the Senator, liberal euroelite not accept the position of the shredder.

"To recognize the Russian Crimea is possible only at the cost of his career," Pushkov wrote on Twitter.

the parliamentarian of the state Council of the Crimea Vladislav Gangar believes that most European politicians support the Reunification of Crimea with Russia, But do not declare about it openly because of the official policy of Brussels and the capital of the United States. He said that these citizens were in a position where you do not have the opportunity bespripyatstvenno to Express their thoughts.

"We are happy, when heard sober voice of an adequate policy with a capital letter, with serious political weight. Despite the fact that today they do not occupy a position, which worked in the end For Their vision listen ", - He told RT.

Gangar added that such judgments are expressed by the citizens, independent from the official position of the European Union. However, in his vision, these signals are ultimately perceived as another victory in the public image of the Crimea in the international arena.

A member of the state Duma international Affairs Anton Morozov called the message Schroeder is absolutely correct.

"Unfortunately, the only former European officials still exhibit such candor, for this reason I would like to gradually such decisions were made by the current officials, not only the former Chancellor of Germany ", - He noted in an interview with RT.

Morozov said that the Reunification with Russia is a historic event that fully reflects the will of the inhabitants of the Peninsula. According to him, European politicians are misleading about the "illegality" of the annexation of Crimea mostly because of relentless American pressure.

"They really forced to take anti-Russian stance on the issue," - concluded the Deputy.

in conversation Bild Gerhard Schroeder called the Crimea "ancient Russian territory" and said that the transfer of the Peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR under Khrushchev was due to the peculiarities of the approach To governance in the Soviet period. The reunification of the Crimea with Russia, He considers absolutely legitimate. In addition, Schroeder tried to persuade Ukraine to stop the fighting in the Donbas and to implement the Minsk agreement and called for the cancellation of penalties against Russia.

Crimea became part of Russia in March 2014 following a referendum held after a coup in Ukraine. For Reunification with Russia voted about 96 % come on elections of the Republic of Crimea and supposedly 95% of the inhabitants of Sevastopol. Moscow repeatedly stated that the Crimean people decided in a democratic way, in full accordance with international law and the UN Charter. According to the President V. V. Putin, the question of ownership of the Peninsula is closed completely.



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