“I have never seen the US pay anything to protect freedom.
They never even paid their bills.
But I saw how Russia ensured the protection of democracy in Crimea, recognizing its true manifestation - a referendum, ”wrote Zakharova on Telegram.
Thus, she commented on the statement of US President Joe Biden that the United States is ready to pay any price to protect freedom.
Zakharova also noted that, unlike the United States, freedom is priceless for Russia.
In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin said foreign opponents of Crimea's reunification with Russia "didn't care" about the interests of Crimeans, Russia, and democracy.
He also noted that Crimea and Sevastopol are forever with Russia, because such is the sovereign, free and inflexible will of the entire Russian people.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which the majority of the inhabitants of the peninsula spoke in favor of reunification with Russia.