"The result of strengthening Russia from within": Putin called the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation a historical event

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the return of Crimea and Sevastopol "to their native harbor", that is, to the Russian Federation, a "very bright" event.

The head of state announced this on the air of the Moscow.

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Putin "on the TV channel" Russia 1 ".

“This, of course, is a very bright event.

Historical, without any exaggeration, event.

And this is the result of strengthening our state from within, ”Putin said.

On March 18, Vladimir Putin attended a concert at the Luzhniki sports complex dedicated to the seventh anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia.

The President stressed that the country is ready to live in new geopolitical conditions, and the Russians continue to treat the population of neighboring countries as fraternal peoples.

“We will never agree with only one thing - that someone should allow himself to use the generous gifts of Russia to harm Russia itself.

I hope this will be heard, ”Putin said.

In addition, the head of state, during a meeting on the socio-economic development of Crimea, instructed to ensure a dramatic increase in private investment in this region - the amount of funds in the next four years should exceed 1 trillion rubles.

Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which most residents voted in favor of reunification with Russia.

State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya spoke about those events in an interview with journalist Anton Krasovsky in the program "Antonyms".

According to her, back in 2013, the fact of the reunification of Crimea with Russia seemed a “fantastic and impossible” scenario, but there was a split in Ukraine - into the Ukrainian-speaking population and the Russian-speaking population.

“So, on the territory of the peninsula, where 2.5 million people lived at that time, Ukrainian statehood did not exist, not because we abandoned it, but because Kiev disconnected us from everything,” she said.

According to her, administrative organizations stopped working on the territory of the Crimean peninsula.

“Administrative buildings did not work at all - all the administrative organizations that were supposed to deal with the payment of pensions, wages, and ensure law and order on the territory of Crimea.

We were simply stupidly taken and disconnected even from the unified crime registration system, ”Poklonskaya explained.

"Russia has recovered as a single centralized state"

In addition, Vladimir Putin in an interview with the Moscow.

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Putin "recalled that in the late 1990s Russia approached" a very dangerous line "beyond which the country could" expect anything. "

“But we, thanks to the patience, the courage of our people - I say this without any exaggeration - is the enormous patience, hard work and courage of our people, ordinary guys, ordinary soldiers who faced a very large terrorist threat, including in the North Caucasus, we we were able to overcome these difficulties, to keep, to restore the country, and then to restore its economy, ”the Russian president said.

The head of state stressed that the current economic indicators are significantly different from those observed 20 years ago.

“And this is, perhaps, the most important thing that has been done - I mean the restoration of the social sphere, and the incomes, and well-being of citizens,” he said.

At the same time, Vladimir Putin called the restoration of Russia as a single centralized state the most significant event of the past years.

“The main milestone is the gathering, restoration of Russia as a single centralized state,” the Russian leader added.

In February, the president held a closed meeting with the chief editors of the Russian media.

During the conversation, he also recalled that the country went through difficult trials at the turn of the century.

At the same time, according to him, Russia has not yet reached its peak and is in the process of development: "We are on the march, on the march of development."

Putin stressed that in order to resolve problems in the Russian Federation, one needs to be patient and work, pointing out that the authorities should act "not sporadically, but proceeding from common sense and economic expediency."

“Gradually, gradually we will do everything.

We do it.

It is clear, you understand, people look, evaluate, or rather, their life not by what it was yesterday or ten years ago, but by what they want it to be tomorrow.

There is no getting away from this.

The authorities should understand this, and, understanding this, of course, accelerate the pace of development, ”the president said.