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16 of October, 00:23

Ivanov: any lawful referendum, as in Scotland, should be respected
The results of any referendum on secession, held in compliance with the law, we must admit, the head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov.

according to the results of the Crimean referendum in March, the Republic came from the Ukraine and joined Russia, the Ukraine and Western countries are not aware of this decision. September referendum in Scotland confirmed its preservation from the UK, the results of the referendum was universally respected.

" If any referendum - I already stated Crimean - will be carried out with observance of all rules of law, This means we must take the Results of this referendum as a free expression of the will of the people, no more and no less. As well as all accepted the results of the vote in Scotland ", Ivanov said in an interview.

Speaking about the referendum in Crimea, the Commissioner of the Kremlin noted that " under no gun point citizens in Crimea did not vote ".

However, He added that the referendum in Scotland - " the case, to Put it mildly, unusual ". Ivanov also said that in the world were started centrifugal processes in the Department of territories." Here plays the role of the national factor, and economic. We often hear in a series of studies of separatism was the slogan: " why are We working more and better obliged to feed loafers-compatriots living in other regions?" This can be understood, " he said.

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