“The season in Crimea will be hot.
Very, very hot, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying in an interview with Ukrainian TV presenter Vasily Golovanov.
Podolyak added that Ukraine would explain that it “needs to be treated not only with respect, but with great fear.”
Earlier, the Kremlin emphasized that Crimea is an integral part of Russia and that claims to Russian territory would receive a proper response.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed that the issue of Crimea is closed for Russia, and the referendum on the peninsula was held in strict accordance with international law.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014: the majority of residents voted for reunification with Russia.