He said this during a meeting on national security in the macroregion, touching upon the environmental situation in Crimea and Sevastopol.
"These regions of the district have come face to face with foreign policy pressure from Ukraine, which deliberately creates conditions for the deterioration of the environmental situation on the Crimean peninsula," TASS quotes him.
He noted that in the current rather difficult situation with water supply on the peninsula, it is necessary to ensure the maximum possible environmental control over the measures taken to provide the population and households with water.
At the end of April, a working group formed by the Crimean authorities submitted documents to the Investigative Committee and the FSB of Russia to initiate a criminal case into the organization of the water blockade of Crimea.