Ukraine protests in connection with the illegal stay of a group of Russian officials led by the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko in the annexed territory of the Crimea. According to the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Ukraine expresses its strong protest, since the stay on the territory of the peninsula of the Russian delegation is a gross violation of Ukrainian legislation and international law.

At the same time, the Ukrainian diplomatic department added that they consider this and other such so-called "visits" by the leadership of the Russian Federation "as a demonstrative disregard of the state sovereignty of Ukraine, the UN Charter, UN General Assembly resolutions" Territorial Integrity of Ukraine "," The State of Human Rights in the Autonomous The Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol (Ukraine), the Baku Declaration and the resolutions of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, commitments under bilateral treaties and other norms of international law International law ".

"In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has been given a corresponding note of protest," the statement said..

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry sent a note to the Italian side because of the export of goods from the Crimea.