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Once a dive to the bottom of the Black Sea the president said that the Crimea gave Russia its citizens

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Vladimir Putin yesterday came down to the submersible to the bottom of the Black Sea. Underwater expedition took place in the framework of the working visit of President in the Crimea. The President noted that the dive was interesting, but more specifically spoke about the situation in the south-east of Ukraine, and about whose Crimea today.

  
 

Before you go to the bottom of the Black Sea, Putin said that while in the Crimea, not lose sight of the situation in the country, “Everyone does his own thing: the government is engaged in the economy and in the daily and hourly mode. We do not lose sight of, so in this respect there is no need to worry. ” Going down to the submersible to the ship, drowned in the X century in front of Balaklava bay, the president came out to communicate with the “ground».

  
 

We talk to him on the radio Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wished him a successful return, promising to “walk in the footsteps”. Later, the president shared with the prime minister and the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, the details of the dive. Along the way, he said: “After all, experts should do it, to sink to such a depth. This is a fairly simple matter. ” And summarize my feelings with the phrase “It’s exciting,” yet made a choice between land and water: “It is better, of course, at home».

  
 

he commented and pressing problems – namely, the situation in the Donbass, Crimea and complex issue of Russian-Ukrainian relations. The blame for the escalation of violence in the south-eastern Ukraine, he laid to Kiev, rose to defend the militias: “It is proposed to levy Donbass take all the military equipment the caliber of less than 100 mm. Unfortunately, the other party did not, on the contrary, according to our data, there is concentrating its divisions, including enhanced combat technique. I hope to open direct large-scale clashes will not come ».

  
 

The Future of the Crimea, according to him, it is due to Russia because it “identified the people who live in this territory.” “They voted for reunification with Russia. All. Point “, – he said firmly. So the president has reacted to the reaction Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko, criticized Putin’s trip to the peninsula.