Punishment of the West against the Crimea is the revenge of the inhabitants of the Peninsula for historical choice, says the head of the international Department of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev. Crimea became a Russian region after last year's March referendum, in which a Large number of people at that time still Ukrainian autonomy, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup in Ukraine, voted for the accession of the Russian Federation. "Despite all the talk about the" annexation ", " illegal referendum under the muzzles ", in the case of punishment of Ukraine and the West does not apply to the authorities of the Peninsula or to Moscow, namely the population of the Crimea in General, " wrote Kosachev your own blog on the Internet office of SF on the first day of the week. to provide the blockade, not to give energy, drinking water, food, to disrupt the normal operation of financial institutions and communications - all this does not attempt to recover the Crimeans and banal revenge for historical choice, drew attention Kosachev." But this once again proves citizens of Crimea in the correctness of that choice, " he said. The Senator recalled that the U.S. state Department once again preoccupied by the state of rights and freedoms in foreign countries - this time, it was the turn of the Crimea and the Crimean Tatar mass media. The alarm and indignation of the capital of the USA caused the suspension From 1 April broadcast of the ATR channel, and did not get a Russian license. With the license of any problems of a more technical plan, says the Deputy. However Kosachev sure that the state Department of the narrative is not about the fact of suspension of the media - "on another he would have noticed the Orgy With the closure of the Russian-language media in the "ward" Kiev or, say, in the Baltic States "." Talking about politics, which consists in delanna perturbation ( "the horror, the horror" ) on any topic related To the Crimea, in order to convince the world how now in the Crimea all bad and worse, " said the Senator. before the state Department said North America strongly recognise the illegal closure in the Crimea of several media, as well as among them Crimean Tatar. Also in the international Ministry again told about "discrimination, intimidation and harassment" of the Crimean Tatars, and Also confirmed the position about the fact that North America is considered the Crimea as part of Ukraine and will continue to maintain its sovereignty and territorial integrity. ATR worked in Crimea due to licenses issued by the authorities of Ukraine. At the same time the RF law requires that you obtain a Russian license. Those media that do not, will not be able to continue working. TV channel stopped broadcasting on the night of April 1. First of Commissioners of the ATR channel revealed that the launch was delayed their application for registration. For its part, North Korea has invited the envoy of the OSCE on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatovic to attend the service to explain the situation to stop the broadcasting of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR in the Crimea. Western countries From March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sentences because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when was expanded sanctions List Australia. A list of Russian citizens and organizations that have come under penalties - in the material of the Fin news