The official part of the visit of the Italians in the Crimea began with a walk through the Central street of Simferopol and photo shoot at the monument to the " polite people ". "We supported the Crimean referendum and shared the right of Crimeans to self-determination and very much surprised that the European institutions do not share our view that the power belongs to the people, not some abstract institutions "√ RIA "news" words of the Deputy of the regional Parliament of the Northern Italian region of Veneto, Stefano Valdegamberi.