The deputy of the European Parliament Jaromir Kohlicek, who headed the Czech delegation that visited the Crimea, said that what he saw on the peninsula does not correspond to the negative statements of Western politicians. "We met in the Crimea with politicians. , ordinary people and saw people engaged in an active, creative life and completely satisfied with it, despite the assurances of other Western leaders, most of whom were never on the peninsula, "- quotes RIA Novosti,. He added that the members of the Czech delegation were impressed with the parade in Sevastopol in honor of Navy Day, and they really liked the international children's center "Artek". "This is really an independent, superbly developed children's republic!" - shared Kohlicek. Czech politicians and public figures met with the head of the Crimea Sergei Aksenov, who shared with them the plans of the local administration, including, spoke about plans to build on the peninsula the largest mosque in Eastern Europe. The head of the delegation is going to tell his fellow citizens about the impressions of the trip: "People want to know about the situation in the Crimea not according to the statements of our politicians or, to put it mildly," not always objective "reports of the local media, but directly from a person who visited the peninsula and communicated with local residents ". Before the visit of the delegation to the Crimea, the Ukrainian Embassy in Prague threatened to impose sanctions on its members. So, according to Когличека, he has already received refusal on a trip to Lvov because of "the non-standard way of crossing of border of Ukraine". At the same time, the head of the delegation stressed that he did not cross the border of Ukraine, but he visited the Crimea, which became part of Russia after a referendum in 2014, in which over 95% voted for reunification with Russia.