{"id":13361,"date":"2018-07-20T12:08:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T12:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2018-07-20T19:49:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T19:49:14","slug":"putin-admits-the-occupation-of-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/putin-admits-the-occupation-of-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin admits the occupation of Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western political, intelligence and journalistic community erupted in understandably and justly very negative coverage of Donald Trump’s disastrous performance at the press conference in Helsinki. Former CIA director John Brennan even called it “nothing short of treasonous “. As the shocked world media kept all eyes on Trump, they overlooked a rare moment of Vladimir Putin speaking the truth, albeit inadvertently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When asked by Jonathan Lemire of AP, what Trump had said to him about officially recognizing Crimea as part of Russia Putin offered the following response:<\/p>\n

Vladimir Putin: President Trump sticks to a well-known position on Crimea. He speaks about the illegal nature of annexing Crimea to Russia. We have a different perspective on this. We believe that we held<\/strong> a referendum in strict compliance with international law and the UN Charter. This case is closed for Russia\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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There is a truthful part in this answer. The referendum on Crimea joining the Russian Federation was effectively held by the Russian occupation authorities. However, it was not legal under any laws, international or Ukrainian for that matter.<\/p>\n

Let us recollect a few facts connected to the operation of seizing Crimea. As far back as February 2014 Russian Federation started deploying a massive combined arms force to the territory of Crimea in violation of the international law, UN charter and a number of bilateral treaties, including among others, the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation as well as the SOFA on the Black Sea Fleet.<\/p>\n

According to the combined findings of Ukrainian intelligence agencies and InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community, at least 15 military units of the Russian Federation took part in the invasion to Crimea, among them special purpose, air assault, marine, infantry and even artillery units. Russia also deployed Cossack paramilitary groups as a policing force in Crimea. By mid-March 2014 all the Ukrainian military facilities were blocked or seized by the Russian forces, the majority law enforcers defected to the Russian side. Thus the entire peninsula came under the effective control of the Russian Federation and its proxies. This was the backdrop of the “referendum held in strict compliance\u2026”.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

List-1097: How the Russian 18th Brigade occupied Crimea – https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/list-1097-how-the-russian-18th-brigade-occupied-crimea\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigation revealed servicemen of the 810th Russian Black Sea Fleet Marine Brigade who took part in the annexation of Crimea – https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/investigation-810th-annexation-of-crimea\/<\/a><\/p>\n

How \u2018Ukrainian Berkut Officer\u2019 from Russian Ulyanovsk Assaulted Crimean Parliament Back in 2014 – https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/how-ukrainian-berkut-officer-from-russian-ulyanovsk-assaulted-crimean-parliament-back-in-2014\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. Expert Analysis – https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/annexation-of-crimea-by-russia-in-2014-expert-analysis\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Russia Mounts Large Scale Information and Psychological Operations in Crimea – https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russia-mounts-large-scale-information-and-psychological-operations-in-crimea\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Putin\u2019s lies on Austrian TV debunked – https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/putins-lies-on-austrian-tv-debunked\/<\/a><\/p>\n