Crimea’s attitude to Western sanctions was described with the phrase “he wanted to spit”: Politics: Russia: Lenta.ru
The first vice-speaker of the Crimean parliament, Yefim Fiks, described the attitude of the peninsula to Western sanctions with the phrase “he didn’t care”. He spoke about the impact of the sanctions RIA News…
“Western sanctions are their thing, they have bet on and are doing this nonsense. But most importantly, their sanctions failed to stop the development of Crimea. Yes, there are, of course, problems, difficulties, but Crimea is alive, developing and he didn’t care about the sanctions, ”Fix said.
According to him, Western countries apply double standards to Crimea. Fix recognize the democratic expression of the will of the Crimeans in 2014. He added that they do not pay attention to sanctions in Crimea, they do not care at all. “We have tasks that need to be solved to make the life of the Crimean people better. We will solve everything with the help of Russia, ”concluded the vice-speaker.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained the annexation of Crimea in 2014. He said that Russia could not refuse Sevastopol and Crimea, and found itself in a situation where it could not do otherwise.
Crimea became part of Russia in March 2014 after a referendum, and the vast majority of those who voted in the region supported such a decision. Ukraine, the EU and the United States declined the vote, calling the reunification of the peninsula with mainland Russia annexation. The Russian authorities reject these charges and insist that the accession procedure was in accordance with international law.