“Before 1954, Crimea was part of Russia, and mostly ethnic Russians live there.
This obviously explains why the world community did practically nothing when Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014, ”RIA Novosti quotes Ekman on Twitter.
He also spoke out against Ukraine's entry into NATO, saying that the risk to the whole world increases with every day of conflict.
Earlier, entrepreneur Elon Musk also proposed his own version of the settlement of the conflict around Ukraine, according to which Crimea remains part of Russia, and in the regions recently annexed to Russia, referendums are once again held under the supervision of the UN.