"Become a laughing stock". Russia has assessed Ukraine's plan to create a restricted area around Crimea
Ukraine told about the intention to make a sensitive sea territory around the Crimea, to prevent foreign vessels, as well as among them Russian, to enter the ports of the Peninsula.
Ukraine told about the intention to make a sensitive sea territory around the Crimea, to prevent foreign vessels, as well as among them Russian, to enter the ports of the Peninsula.
These plans angered the Russian Parliament. Some called Kiev's plans "laughable" and the other with infractions of the norms of international law of the sea. Key statements in the material of the Fins news .
The Senator from the Crimea region, Sergei Tsekov is confident that the Ukrainian authorities are aware that with the help of "paper files" will not be able to restrict access to Crimea.
"The impression that small government agencies and departments of Ukraine have nothing else to do, and the money the state is necessary as-that to learn, for this reason they have found such a good way to learn, how to invent different stories," said the politician.
He said that Kiev, writing for the residents of such "tales" presents himself " laughing stock of the serious organizations of the international brotherhood ".
for his part, Senator from the Crimean region Olga Cowicide said that "repressive" measures against the owners and crews of Russian ships calling at ports of the Crimea, are " open-handedness and a variety of sea piracy ".
"The actions of Kiev systematically in conflict with the norms of international Maritime law and the principles of freedom of navigation. The Ukrainian authorities, creating problems of Russian-Ukrainian relations cause significant harm, most importantly, the interests of the people of Ukraine ", - said Cowicide.
in 2014 in the Crimea held a referendum in which 96, 77% came to the polls in the Peninsula and 95.6% of Sevastopol voted for joining the Crimea to the Russian Federation. Local authorities held a referendum after a coup in Ukraine in February 2014.
Ukraine considers the Crimea her, but at the time occupied territory. Moscow has many times stated that the inhabitants of the Peninsula in a democratic way, in full accordance with international law and the UN Charter voted for reunification with Russia.
According to Vladimir Putin, the Crimea issue " is closed permanently."
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