"There is an assimilation and displacement of the local population and this is a war crime ... Today there are already at least 500 thousand people who have come from Russia," said Reznikov, quoted by RIA Novosti.
According to the politician, if the Russians did not get to Crimea through Chongar, Kalanchak or Chaplinka, then they will be "expelled because of their illegal presence on the territory of Ukraine."
In March, Reznikov already announced that Kiev would have the right to "expel from Crimea" Russian citizens who moved to the peninsula from the mainland and thereby became accomplices of the "war crime."
After that, the Assembly of Slavic Peoples of the Crimean region stated that the words of Reznikov's words were "dictated by anger and hysteria," and the Ukrainian authorities were thus trying to "keep the rest of the rating."
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, "the fate and future of Crimea is forever with Russia, whether someone likes it or not."
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which most residents voted in favor of reunification with Russia.