Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Sevastopol on the ninth anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia. Video broadcast channel “News”.
The President was introduced to the Art School and children’s center “Korsun” near Tauric Chersonese.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov reported that on March 18 the head of state should attend and also plan the opening of an important cultural and historical object. organize a meeting With the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
Prior to that, Putin at a meeting on the socio-economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol sureHe said that the country’s authorities will do everything to stop any threat to Crimea.
After the referendums held on the peninsula, in which 96.77% of the voters in Crimea and 95.6% in Sevastopol voted to join Russia, Crimea became a part of Russia in 2014. Ukraine continues to consider Crimea as its temporarily occupied territory, many Western countries support the position of the Ukrainian authorities. Moscow stressed that the Crimean issue is closed to discussion.