“We do not need anyone's assessments, judgments and, especially, the approval of foreign states based on the results of our vote in Russia. And Crimea, as you know, is already an integral part of the Russian Federation, ”Balbek emphasized.

He noted that the results of the vote of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on this issue do not matter for Russia's foreign and domestic policy.

“If the Verkhovna Rada has no other important matters at the moment - well, paper, as you know, can endure everything, so you can write any letters anywhere - apparently, the Ukrainian economy and people are not in the priority of today's Kiev parliamentarians,” concluded the deputy.

Earlier, the Rada called on members of the parliaments of other states and international parliamentary organizations to condemn the vote in Crimea. The statement was supported by 306 of the 367 parliamentarians.

The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, called such an appeal expected and noted that “waving his fists after a fight and crying through his hair, losing his head is a common occupation of the Ukrainian authorities after 2014."