Ukraine's foreign Ministry criticized on the last working day of the week trip to the Crimea the Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, saying that it was done without the consent of Kiev.

"The Ukrainian foreign Ministry condemns the visit of eleven September, Russian President Vladimir Putin and leader of the Italian political party" Forward, Italy!", former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi? Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. This trip happens without approval from the Ukrainian side and in violation of the established Procedure of entry to the occupied territory of Ukraine and exit ", - is informed in the report of the Ministry's page in Facebook. The Ministry of Ukraine stressed that regards it as " disrespect for state sovereignty of Ukraine ", and " the actions of the Italian politics are equally at odds with the policy of the European Union concerning the condemnation of Russia's actions and the non-recognition of the illegal occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ". On the last working day of the week ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived in the Crimea with a private visit, during which he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin and Berlusconi laid flowers to the memorial to the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sardinia, who died in the Crimean war. The Russian President has made the initiative to break into the Crimea Park with a monument to Italian soldiers. The proposal was warmly supported by Silvio Berlusconi. After walking along the seafront of Yalta Putin met with commissioners of the Italian Diaspora in the Crimea, and promised to introduce Italians to the decree on rehabilitation of Crimean peoples. Silvio Berlusconi expressed gratitude to Vladimir Putin for the organization of this event.

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