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Informed source in Moscow he commented on the statement by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko that he recognized Crimea as Russian when the last Russian oligarch did so and began to supply products there. According to Lukashenko, it will do so, although it is limited in this matter by the Budapest Memorandum, which prescribed the integrity of the Ukrainian borders.
“Nothing prevents Belarus from recognizing Russian ownership of Crimea, especially the Budapest Memorandum. “, – said the source. According to him, the principles of the Budapest Memorandum were violated in February 2014 by three of the five nuclear powers. “The United States and the United Kingdom have openly supported the unconstitutional coup d'état on Kiev's Maidan, and France, which, along with Germany and Poland, acted as guarantor of an agreement between the authorities and the opposition, has done nothing to abide by it. that, “said the agency's partner. He also stressed that Russia and the people of Crimea are not obliged under the Budapest MOU to recognize “the racist neo-Nazi regime that took root in Kiev after the coup. “… The fact is that the state of the Union consists of the territories of the Member States, which are determined by their constitutions. And Crimea and Sevastopol are entities of the Russian Federation under the Russian Constitution and are therefore part of the state of the Union.
“According to Lukashenko, Belarusian businessmen are working in Crimea with the Russian oligarchs mentioned by Lukashenko, adding that about 150,000 Belarusians spend their holidays in Crimean resorts every year.” for Crimea to be recognized as Russian. Life has done it long ago, “the source concluded.