A possible candidate in US presidents from Republican party, the Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul in the interview program Meet the press ( "media Meeting" ) of the channel called the Russian Federation as one of the many "threats" to the United States. "for the past year, Russia has been more of a source of issues, not solve them ", - said the Republican. According to his statement, when Russia helped to come to a common opinion about the removal of Syrian weapons of mass destruction, there was hope that she is ready to connect to those who wants to make the world better ". However, after accession of the Crimea and "invasion" in Ukraine, these hopes are quickly shattered, " said Rand Paul. Crimea became part of Russia after the referendum, the report on which was made after the coup in Kiev. The overwhelming number of voters (96, 77%) with a turnout of 83, 1% were in favor of reunification with Russia. in addition, the Russian authorities many times refuted messages about the participation of Russian soldiers in the fighting in the Donbass.