Seven years ago, the Verkhovna Rada ratified the Kharkov agreements on extending the stay of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia in Crimea for 25 years in exchange for a gas discount with fights, blockades and smoke bombs.
Participant of those events, First Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Irina Gerashchenko in her Facebook shared her memories of the day when, according to her, national interests were laid and the foundation of the annexation of the Crimea was laid.
"It was a terrible day. Some rat ... handed over certain of our blanks to the then speaker Lytvyn and he went into the session hall under umbrellas. Shameful day of his political career - under umbrellas to fulfill the will of Yanukovych and surrender Ukraine, "writes Gerashchenko.
"We covered the deputy seats with a huge flag to close the voting cells, the women's deputies guarded the flag on the perimeter so as not to give any chance to the regional boogies to vote.. Then came the Armageddon, I am proud of all my colleagues at the then opposition, fought desperately that day to disrupt the betrayal of Ukraine. There is still a dent in my hand, because the communist-regional bugai Tsarev ran around and out of the chairs, who jumped on my arm with his 45th-size paws, "she said..
According to the People's Deputy, several opposition MPs were seriously injured, while Andrei Parubiy and Yury Grimchak went under criminal charges.
"The surrender of the Crimea began then, and our small opposition group in parliament did not have enough millions under the parliament, since only then hundreds. We all underestimated the threat. We did not come together on that day ...
"- emphasized Gerashchenko.
"I'm waiting for a trial in absentia over Yanukovych. And one of the episodes of his betrayal should be the Kharkov agreements written in the Kremlin and presented to them by Putin on a silver platter with a trinket, "she added..
As reported by the "Observer", earlier Irina Gerashchenko spoke about Russia's attempts to legalize the annexation of the Crimea.
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