Russia does not want to share the Crimea on ethnic grounds, said the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin.

"We're not going to offend anyone, neither the Crimean Tatars, nor the Germans, who live there, neither the Greeks or Armenians or Russians or Ukrainians. We wish it was a single family. And, keeping in mind issues, historical issues with which the lives of the Crimean Tatar people, We believe that our commitment is to solve these problems at the same time with all the people who live there. We do not divide along ethnic lines, are all citizens of the Russian Federation today ", - noted the head in the documentary " the Crimea. The way Home ".

"Part of the Crimean Tatars was influenced by their leaders, some of them are a professional, I Wish to emphasise this, fighters for the rights of the Crimean Tatars, for human rights," Putin explained.

a year earlier, according to his statement, " local Militia acted very aggressively, And they were able to act on the Part of the Crimean Tatar people." The militia caught Crimean Tatars to mutual work. Among the militias were the Crimean Tatars ", - said Putin.

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