“The economic potential is really great. This is because the Black Sea is a very interesting place between Russia, Europe and Turkey, from the point of view of the economy it is a very important factor. But, unfortunately, France imposed these hypocritical sanctions, and this potential was dissolved. When I say "hypocritical", I mean that everyone ... thinks that Crimea belongs to Russia. Crimea - Russian. The overwhelming majority of the population are Russian, Russian-speaking people, and they want to be Russian, ”he said.
As Roshedy emphasized, historically this is a completely Russian territory.
“It is foolish to impose sanctions for such a region, whereas we all know perfectly well that the Russian presence here is legal. This does not mean that one should be against Ukraine, and I support the rapprochement of the European Union with the European Ukraine, ”he added.
In March, Bundestag deputy Stefan Koiter during the meeting of the program committee of the Fifth YIEF called for the lifting of the sanctions imposed against Russia because of the situation with the Crimea.
As stated by the head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov, sanctions have virtually no effect on the development of the economy and the social sphere of the region.
Crimea became the Russian region after the referendum held there in March 2014, in which the majority of residents spoke in favor of reunification with Russia.