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In the program “Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin” presented by journalist Pavel Zarubin on the television “Russia 1” every Sunday, the Russian president described “Russia’s restoration of its unity as a central state that was the main fruit of development of the country during the last two decades. “
“Unfortunately, we reached a very dangerous point in the late 1990s, behind which a future open to all surprises awaited us,” Putin said. For our country and rebuild it, and then rebuild its economy. “
And Putin continued: “As for what I earlier called the return of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the arms of the motherland, it is a historical and prominent event without exaggeration, and it is an event that occurred as a result of the strengthening of our State from within “.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991, Crimea was transformed in 1954 from a republic within Soviet Russia to a republic within Soviet Ukraine, within the framework of the single Soviet Union.
Crimea became a Russian region in March 2014, based on the results of the referendum that took place after the coup in Ukraine, in which more than 95% of the population of the peninsula voted in favor of the “reunification with Russia”.
Ukraine considers Crimea as part of its territory “subject to temporary occupation”, while Western countries accuse Russia of “annexing” the peninsula illegally.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that the Crimean people have made their decision through a democratic procedure in full compliance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Russian President Putin had previously announced that resolving the Crimean issue was irreversible.
