This is how the Russian president reacted to the question of the occupation of Crimea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Lenin created Ukraine, creating the Soviet Union.
The head of the Kremlin said this during a press conference on December 23, answering a question about the annexation of Crimea.
“And what Mexico and the United States have never had territorial issues? And who owned California and Texas? Well, it has calmed down, no one remembers this, because they remember the Crimea. Well, we try not to remember how Ukraine was formed. Who created it – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, when he created The Soviet Union. True after his death, but according to his principles, “- Putin said.
He also could not directly answer the question:” Can he guarantee that Russia will not attack Ukraine or any another sovereign your “.
Recall that Russia occupied the Ukrainian Crimea, bringing its military to the peninsula and organizing a pseudo-referendum on its self-determination in March 2014. On March 18, 2014, the so-called “agreement” on the admission of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation was signed in the Kremlin. Western countries did not recognize the annexation of Crimea and imposed sanctions against Russia.
