

"With yesterday's action regarding Crimea, Russia demonstrates its weakness, snapping at the declarations of a number of civilized countries. It's a pity fact to dig a little in history to find a correction for today's crimes. The Russian Federation is looking for arguments in the past, and the civilized world finds them in international law," Klimkin said.



As reported, Russia approved a law that "establishes a new memorable date for Russia - April 19, the Day of adoption of Crimea, Taman and Kuban in the Russian Empire (1783)."

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he Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin , condemned the Kremlin's intention to hold a referendum in the occupied Donbas because of the impossibility of free and fair expression of will in this region under current conditions. He wrote about this on July 20 on his Facebook page.