The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavel Klimkin, stated that the Russian Federation demonstrates its weakness before the civilized world. "It's a pity: to dig a little in history to find corrections to today's crimes. The Russian Federation is looking for arguments in the past, and the civilized world is in international law, "Klimkin wrote on his page in the microblog Twitter. With these words, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister criticized the decision of the Federation Council that approved on July 28 a law establishing April 19 the Day of the adoption of the Crimea, Taman and Kuban into Russia in 1783. In response to Klimkin's statement, a member of the Council of Federation Council on International Affairs from the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Tsekov, recalled that the Ukrainian political elite is actively engaged in denying the past. "Especially if this past is connected with Russia. The struggle against Russian history, outstanding figures, statesmen and leaders. This is the essence of the current Ukrainian ideology, "the senator said in an interview with RT.

The chairman of the committee of the State Council of Crimea on international relations, Yuri Hempel, in turn, believes that the statements of the Ukrainian minister - it's just "informational throw-in". According to Hempel, such statements speak of the weakness of Kiev, which, in effect, became a vassal of the United States. Crimea reunited with Russia in March 2014 as a result of a referendum. 95.6% of residents of Sevastopol and 96.77% of other Crimeans voted for joining the Russian Federation, notes FAN.