Lavrov had caught in the absence of Germany in the list of Russian people of Crimea – RBC

Lavrov had caught in the absence of Germany in the list of Russian people of Crimea – RBC

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed surprise at the appearance of incorrect historical reference on the website of the government of Germany, RIA Novosti reported. In it, according to Lavrov, “among other things says that for centuries have inhabited Crimea Tatars, Ukrainians, Armenians, Greeks, Germans».

«Russian was not mentioned. If this is the official website of the government of Germany, I would really like to know who was this help, we will send a request to our colleagues in Berlin “- the minister said at a press conference in Moscow after talks with Foreign Minister Didier Reynders of Belgium.

On December 5 the German government website has been published comment to the press service of the Cabinet in connection with the appeal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly. The spokesman Stefan Seibert said that the speech was intended for the Russian audience, and therefore does not deserve further comment.

Seibert drew attention to Putin’s remarks about the fact that “in the Crimea is the spiritual source of monolithic Russian nation” and a comparison of the peninsula with the Temple Mount in its religious significance for the Russian. The representative of the German government said , that the sacred value of the Crimea can not justify his inclusion in the Russia. According to Seibert, Crimea for centuries been home to various peoples with different religious beliefs.

The attached material to help the Crimea said that the peninsula became part of independent Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and after the referendum on the status Crimea March 16, 2014 was included in the Russian Federation.

The certificate also states about the ethnic and religious composition of the peninsula: “Hundreds of years, the population consisted of a plurality of groups of very different national, ethnic and religious affiliation. These include the Crimean Tatars, Ukrainians, Armenians, Greeks and Germans. There exist different directions Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Jews and other religious groups ».

The Crimean Khanate was incorporated into the Russian Empire by Catherine II in 1783. In 1954, Crimea was transferred from the RSFSR in the Ukrainian SSR in 1991 and remained part of independent Ukraine. According to the 2001 census, 58.5% of the population of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea were Russian, 24.4% – Ukrainians, 12.1% – the Crimean Tatars and Belorussians – 1.5%.