On March 12, 2019 representatives of the Historical Perspective Foundation and the Russian Historical Society, gathered for a joint conference in Moscow which was titled: “The Crimean Triangle: Crimea-Russia-Ukraine 1954-2014”

Vladimir Konstantinov, Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea: “Crimea is a sacred place for Russia. The referendum in the Crimea came as a signal for the entire Russian world, for the entire world community about the agenda and the potential of modern Russia.”

1. Liga (Italy): 26 seats
2. Rassemblement National (RN): 20 seats
3. AfD (Germany): 11 seats
4. UKIP (UK): 9 seats
5. Vox (Spain): 6 seats
6. PS (Finland): 3 seats
7. FPO (Austria): 5 seats
8. DF (Denmark): 2 seats
9. PVV (Netherlands): 2 seats
10. VB (Belgium): 1 seat
11. SVG (Slovakia): 1 seat
12. SPD (Czech Republic): 1 seat
13. Volya (Bulgaria): 1 seat

Total: 88 seats

Source: Author: Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC Member

On 17, December 2018, the UN General Assembly adopted a Ukraine-initiated resolution entitled "Problem of the Militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as Parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The resolution was previously introduced by a group of 40 states headed by Ukraine.

A total of 66 states supported the document, 19 voted against it, and 72 abstained.

1. Population of Peninsula: 2,356,000 (early 2019)
2. Ethnic Groups in Crimea: Russians (68.3%), Ukrainians (15.8%), Crimean Tatars (10.6%), Belarussians (2%), Armenians (2.1%)
3. The Crimean people are banned from travelling to EU countries. Greeks, Bulgarians, Germans, Italians, Estonians who have relatives abroad cannot visit them. The fundamental principles of free movement have been breached, kinship and family ties have been disrupted, which is in direct violation of the 1975 Helsinki accords.
4. Crimean ports and airports have been outlawed

Position

The group will be called the European Alliance for People and Nations (EAPN) and will  draw its members from ENF, EFDD, and ECR to involve at least 10 parties from as many nations.

Source: Vladimir Frolov, The Moscow Times

Original Text has been edited

“Crimea, of course, is the occupied territory of Ukraine. As it is known and recognized throughout the civilized world, this occupation was completely illegal and violent. The so-called ‘referendum’ cannot be considered an act testifying to the free will of the inhabitants of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea because it was held at gun points of Russian troops and without the participation of a significant number of Crimean Tatar, Ukrainian, even Russian and other ethnic origins.