Tension around the Sea of ??Azov was created artificially. Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin is convinced of this. Recently, the "Crimean question" no longer gives the opponents of Moscow the desired effect.. More and more Western politicians are inclined to believe that the peninsula legally came under the jurisdiction of Russia. Therefore, a new instrument of pressure on the Russian Federation was urgently invented. "The Azov theme was intentionally and strained into the information space. The current Kiev regime, in coordination with its foreign patrons, found another anti-Russian theme created from scratch, "Karasin said.

In an interview with the newspaper Kommersant, he explained that Russian border guards inspect any vessels in the Azov Sea: both Ukrainian, and from other countries, and Russian. Everything passes under international law, correctly, the captains understand everything and do not complain. For the period from April to October 2018. only one Ukrainian ship was detained for violating fishing rules. So, there is no question of any prohibitions on shipping in the Azov water area and interference with economic activities.. However, the Kiev authorities are strenuously pushing the situation, declare the military plans of the Russian Federation in the Azov-Kerch region. "Russia's militarization of the Sea of ??Azov is another contrivance invented and sucked from the finger.

The Russian Armed Forces are used only for the protection of the Crimean Bridge, "said Karasin, noting that neither the creation of a naval base on Azov, nor the buildup of the Armed Forces is not in Russian plans. The militarized security of the Crimean Bridge is caused by threats emanating from Ukraine.. From there, there were repeated calls to blow up the structure, to sabotage, to make the ship collide with the bridge support. Naturally, Moscow is forced to respond to such a danger.. The Crimean Republic became part of the Russian Federation following the results of the 2014 referendum..