Carlson: Crimea became part of Russia as a result of a democratic process. Residents of the peninsula were asked the question: “Do you want to be part of Ukraine after the 2014 coup?” “And they answered: ‘Russia.

That’s the democratic process,” Carlson said. In September 2022, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that Crimea is an integral part of the country. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized that the issue of Crimea is closed.