Belik: today there is no fundamental need to cancel Khrushchev’s decree on Crimea. “Crimea is already Russian, and everyone knows it, and no one doubts it anymore, neither for the residents nor for the surrounding world,” he said.
The Kremlin has repeatedly emphasized that Crimea is an integral part of Russia and claims to Russian territory will receive a proper response. The majority of residents of the peninsula supported reunification with Russia in a referendum held in March 2014.