Ukraine sent a note of protest to the authorities of Germany because of the visit of the delegation of German parliamentarians to Crimea. This was announced on Thursday, February 8, by one of its participants, a deputy of the Land Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia Roger Bekamp during a press conference in Simferopol. "I want to quote this note of protest, which we received yesterday:" We are talking with the government of the temporarily occupied territory ". I want to make a statement: we here do not see any Russian occupation, "- quotes RIA Novosti German guest. Bekamp accused the German media of implausible information about what is happening on the Russian peninsula. In his opinion, anti-Russian sanctions are punished not by the authorities of the Russian Federation, but by ordinary Crimeans. "We were able to understand that there were a lot of superfluous things said - especially sanctions: why it was done, who was punished? We realized that these sanctions are a punishment for the inhabitants of the Crimea for voting in order to be in Russia. We talked a lot about the referendum, and we are very pleased that this was a real referendum, "the words of the deputy" Kryminform ". In addition, Bekamp said that members of the faction "Alternative for Germany" who arrived in Crimea intend to discuss with their party members their discontent over this visit. "Two people from our party criticized us. I want to remind you that the party's program "Alternative for Germany" says that we are against sanctions. And what is important for us: we are for a popular vote. We hope that those in our party who spoke out against our trip already regret it, "the Crimean guest promised. The members of the delegation also attended to the topic of removing obstacles to the travel of the residents of the Republic on Russian foreign passports.

"We had the opportunity to see the new airport in Simferopol yesterday, we very much hope that in the near future direct flights from Simferopol to Germany will operate. To those people who want to come on holiday to the Crimea, they could do it directly, "Bekamp said..

The day before the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andrei Melnik, broke the post in the Net, where he reported how he conducted an "educational conversation" with the leaders of the German party, whose representatives arrived in the Crimea. The Ukrainian diplomat said that he fulfilled a "useful mission", namely, "sent the brains" to the Germans for this voyage. Recall that the deputies of the German parliaments from the third largest party in the Bundestag "Alternative for Germany" arrived in the Crimea on February 3, and will stay there until the 9th.