“In connection with Putin’s visit to the Crimea and Sevastopol, the Russian Foreign Ministry received a note of protest,” the report says.
March 18, Putin arrived in Sevastopol. He stated that the “Crimean Spring” showed that Russia knows how to love and protect itself.
The head of state also compared the inhabitants of Crimea with the soldiers of the Red Army who retained their love for the Motherland during the war.
On March 13, the French delegation visited the peninsula. Kiev also condemned the trip of French politicians.
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.