“This date changed the whole world and this date actually changed Russia.
We believe that this date revived Russia and gave a sense of pride to Russian citizens.
Well, for us, Crimeans, this is generally the most important holiday, because all the years we were part of Ukraine we always dreamed of returning to Russia.
This, in particular, is evidenced by numerous surveys that were conducted during that period.
We were returning to our homeland,” the senator shared.
According to him, over ten years the welfare of Crimea has improved significantly.
“Russia has revived Crimea.
This is felt in everything: in the infrastructure, in the revived and built social facilities, in the mood of the Crimeans.
Russia brought peace and interethnic harmony to our land.
Until 2014, we had problems in interethnic relations.
For Crimea, the changes have simply been fantastic.
We did not imagine that we would live like this 10 years after the reunification of Crimea with Russia,” Tsekov noted.
Earlier, Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko called the “Crimean spring” in 2014 the assembly point for a new Russia