Acting Chairman of the Public Chamber of Crimea Alexander Formanchuk called on the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zalensky to wish development of the Russian peninsula and leave hopeless statements about its status. So he commented in an interview with RIA Novosti on Friday, January 1, Zelensky’s desire to write about ” Ukrainian Crimea “on the sand in Yalta, offering the president an alternative.
“Zelensky never took place as the president of Ukraine. He is not aware of the historical realities that have developed and which the head of state should be guided by. Crimea is forever reunited with Russia. Zelensky has been to Crimea many times, he likes the Crimean beaches, so his nostalgia understandable “, – said Formanchuk.
He advised the President of Ukraine to write on the sand in Yalta: “Crimea, I love you the way you are.”
Previously a member of Federation Council for international affairs Sergey Tsekov called naive Zelensky’s desire to write about” Ukrainian Crimea “in the sand. He added that Crimeans have not identified themselves with Ukraine for a long time, since Russia is their only native state for them.
In his New Year’s address to citizens, Zelensky stated that he would like to write “Crimea – Ukraine” is not on the Internet, but on the sand in Yalta. After that, the head of state switched to Russian: “I know that Donetsk, Lugansk and Crimea now, in every sense of the word, live in a different time.”
Crimea was reunited with Russia after the March 2014 referendum, in which the majority of the residents of the peninsula who voted supported this decision. Kiev refused to recognize the results of the referendum. Russia insists that the accession procedure was in accordance with international law.