Crimea - Russian region, Moscow does not want to discuss the subject of the Peninsula with anyone, including the United States, said on Tuesday, press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, in response to a request to comment on the phrase envoy of the state Department's Jen Psaki.
"in this case, According to my information, the foreign Ministry responds to phrase Psaki, I would not wish to respond specifically to them. There is no occupation of the Crimea. The Crimea is a region of the Russian Federation. The theme of our areas not subject to discussion with anybody, " said Sands.
Official authorized state Department Jen Psaki on the first day of the week blamed the Russian Federation in the repression of national minorities of the Crimea and promised not to take punishment with Russia, because, in her expressions, Washington does not recognize the referendum held on the Peninsula a year earlier. Psaki said that " the penalties associated with the Crimea, will remain in force as long as long as continues his occupation ".
Sevastopol and the Crimea on March 16 underscored referendum in which an overwhelming number of voters voted for secession from Ukraine and reunification with Russia. In Crimea for entering the Russian Federation voted 96, 77%, in Sevastopol - 95, 6%.
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