The president of a young libertarian group is rebuking former Rep. Ron Paul over his support for Russia’s annexation of Crimea, according to a statement posted by BuzzFeed on Monday.

Students for Liberty co-founder and president Alexander McCobin issued a statement calling Russian President Vladimir Putin "the aggressor in Crimea" and saying Ron Paul "gets it wrong when he speaks of Crimea’s right to secede."

Paul and his think tank, the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, have been defending Putin’s annexation of Crimea and opposing U.S. efforts to punish Russia economically.

Paul has no direct affiliation with Students for Liberty.

A spokesperson for SFL also told BuzzFeed that his group recently organized a protest outside the Russian embassy in Berlin.

SFL noted on its Twitter feed that the comments from McCobin and the group’s spokesperson were "just a statement by individuals – SFL doesn't have an official stance on foreign policy."

From McCobin’s statement: