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He states that not only does Russia not prevent the passage of military ships, but it also helps them.
Vladimir Putin declared that Crimea was part of the Russian Federation on which Russia could and would like to conduct a military policy
At the press conference, the President of Russia therefore answered the question of why Russia was reinforcing the military presence in Crimea and whether it intended to announce the totality of its aquarium of the sea of Azov.
"If the General Staff, the border guards believe we need to do something more in certain areas, we will do it." Putin said Russia planned to invest 300 billion rubles in Crimea over the next two years.
Putin also said that Russia had been planning from the beginning to build a bridge to communicate with occupied Crimea. "As for the Kerch Strait, it is very narrow, the situation is complicated," said Putin.
According to him, pilotage has always been done and the bridge does not interfere with it. Putin also argues that Russia not only does not prevent military courts, but also helps them to pass.
He noted that Russia was following the 2003 treaty with Ukraine, which refers to the coastal area of the state of 5 km. All the rest is a common sea.
Recall that on the morning of November 25, Russia blocked the passage of the Kerch Strait to the Ukrainian tug Yana Kapu and the two boats Berdyansk and Nikopol. To this end, the Russians blocked the traffic under the Crimea Bridge by an oil tanker and even used the Don's trolley trailer . On the evening of the same day, Russian ships attacked and captured them, while wounding at least six Ukrainian sailors and capturing the other captives. Subsequently, the so-called courts arrested them for two months . [29] On 29 November prisoners in the vicinity of the Kerch Strait of Ukrainian seamen were transported to Moscow – in Lefortovo. The lawyer of one of the prisoners reported this, complaining of not being allowed to meet the defendant.
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