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Crimea’s integration into Russia lawful: Medvedev


Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has defended the rejoining of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea with the Russian Federation, describing the region’s decision to separate from Ukraine as legal under international rules.

“The issue of Crimea is really closed and it was primarily closed by its residents who decided their future … last year. An overwhelming majority voted for Crimea to return to Russia,” Medvedev said in an interview with Slovenian newspaper Delo on Friday.
He further noted that the Crimeans’ decision for the integration of the strategic peninsula into Russia was in full accordance with democratic procedures as well …read more

Source: Iran English Radio

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