Putin says Crimea 'inseparable' part of Russia

AFP

Updated 18 March 2014 at 7:36 am

Putin says Crimea 'inseparable' part of Russia

Moscow (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Crimea "was and is an inseparable part of Russia" in the hearts of his countrymen, as he gave a keynote address on the planned absorption of Crimea into Russian territory.

Putin slammed the Soviet-era decision by Nikita Khrushchev to hand Crimea to the Ukrainian Soviet republic as being riddled with "violations". He said the weekend's referendum vote by Crimeans to join Russia was of "historic importance".

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