Saturday, March 16, marks 10 years since the referendum on the reunification of the Crimean peninsula with Russia.
The other day, Russian President Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with the president of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, and the former “people’s mayor” of Sevastopol, Alexei Chaly. I congratulated Happy 10th anniversary of the referendum on the reunification of the peninsula with Russia.
The head of state also met with the speaker of the Crimean parliament Vladimir Konstantinov and the presidential envoy to the Crimean Federal District (2014-2016) Oleg Belaventsev.
Former Senator Olga Kovitidi statedResidents of the peninsula consider Putin the “father” of Crimea and the President of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, the “mother” of Crimea.
Before that Putin saidThat he trusts the public when making decisions on Crimea and Donbass. According to him, if it were not for the mood of society, “nothing would happen” in Crimea and Donbass.
The Crimean referendum took place on March 16, 2014. Two days later, on March 18, Aksenov, Chaly and Konstantinov participated in the signing of the agreement on the admission of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia.
Putin before sureHe said Russia would do everything to stop any threat to Crimea.