“I think that European representatives can calmly be watching how the procedure for coordinating the passage of ships through the Kerch Strait goes. Nothing is hidden. From the point of view of legislation, norms and legal sense, everything is objective, ”Kozenko said.

At the same time, he added that experts can give distorted assessments, such as, for example, when foreign observers present at the elections see one situation, but they say something completely different.

“It was all right, there are no violations, and they come and declare things that go against what was actually happening. There should be a clear fixation of what is happening so that there is no substitution of facts. I think that openness is the best way to show the world what is really going on, ”concluded Kozenko.

On January 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, commented on Germany’s proposals for shipping in the Kerch Strait.