Ilya Kiva, Member of the Verkhovna Rada Photo: facebook.com < Ilya Kiva, a member of the Supreme Council of the "Opposition Platform - for Life", accused the Ukrainian authorities of deliberately surrendering to Crimea. The deputy said that it was a certain payment that Russia did not interfere in the internal political processes that were taking place in Kiev at the time.
“Ukraine and the Ukrainian authorities handed over Crimea at the mercy of the legalization of the coup that took place in 2014. Then there was a redistribution of power, and in order not to interfere, Russia decided to close its eyes and give up Crimea. Yes, there was a referendum, but people had their opinion. But that was a consequence of what they saw in the rest of Ukraine, “Kiva told RTVI.” on these issues.