“This is evidence of a lack of freedom of the press abroad - in Britain, in particular. After all, they put pressure: if the journalist wrote “Crimea. Russia ", they will certainly correct it," TASS quoted Muradova.

In his opinion, similar cases will continue in the future, until the position of the ruling circles of the West changes.

The Guardian placed the shot from the event in the top 20 best frames of the day, calling the peninsula Russian. However, the later publication removed the indication of Crimea as the territory of Russia from its website.

Crimea became the Russian region after a referendum held in March 2014, in which most residents spoke out for reunification with Russia.