Putin: Ukraine has left the USSR not entirely legal

Ukraine came out of the USSR with a violation of the existing procedural norms. This was said by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation with the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, the former head of the Crimean Tatars Mustzhlis, Mustafoi Dzhemeev, UNIAN reports .

“On this subject - the territorial integrity of Ukraine - Putin touched on such a question that the self -proclaim of independent Ukraine did not fully comply with the Soviet norms providing for the procedure for withdrawing from the USSR. This is the position,” Dzhemilev told Ukrainian journalists. The conversation was held with the assistance of the ex-president of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and lasted about half an hour.

"I told Putin that the most important issue is the territorial integrity of our country, because its violation is a violation of the agreement that was signed by the warrants - the USA, Great Britain and Russia in 1994 in exchange for our rejection of nuclear weapons. He told him that if it was violated, about the possible consequences, including that no one would trust this kind of agreement, and there will be the desire of each country that has financial financial Opportunities to acquire its nuclear weapons, and Ukraine will not be an exception, ”said Jamillev.

Dzhemeliev emphasized in a conversation with Putin that the referendum on March 16 would definitely not be recognized by Ukraine and the world community. According to Dzhemeliev, the Russian president did not discuss the issue of the annexation of Crimea. "He did not say this. He said that the decisions on the issues that I have touched on - compliance with the territorial integrity of Ukraine - will be made depending on what the results of the referendum will be," said the ex -head of the Mejlis.

Dzhemeliev arrived in Moscow on Tuesday evening on a working visit for a meeting with Shaimiev. On Wednesday, they discussed the situation in the Crimea.

In the morning, on Wednesday, Dzhemilev met with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Moscow Vladimir Yelchenko, according to the Majlis website. The meeting was also attended by Russian human rights activist Alexander Podrabinek. During the conversation, an exchange of views took place along the possible ways to get out of the crisis in the Crimea and the preservation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The ambassador emphasized the role of the Crimean Tatar people in resolving the situation and maintaining calm and peace on the Crimean Peninsula.

Jamielev announced an invitation to Moscow on Tuesday. According to him, he received an invitation personally from Putin. Dzhemilev did not immediately make decisions on a trip to Moscow. "They will not discuss the withdrawal of the Russian troops with me, but they will offer something," he said then.

Earlier on Wednesday, the head of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, said that Crimean Tatars will boycott a referendum on the status of the region. “Today everyone suddenly fell in love with the Crimean Tatars. The Crimean Tatar factor will become at the forefront. We need to continue to act according to conscience. This is our land. Nobody asked us when we were developing some plans. The referendum, from my point of view, cannot be.

In Ukraine, on February 22, a change in power took place. The Verkhovna Rada suspended President Viktor Yanukovych from power, changed the constitution, assigned the performance of the president’s duties to the speaker Alexander Turchinov and appointed presidential elections on May 25. On February 27, the Rada approved the composition of the government of popular trust.

On March 1, the Federation Council unanimously supported the president’s request to enter Russian troops into Ukraine. Then Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov and the deputy head of the Foreign Ministry George Karasin said that making a decision does not mean that it would be implemented immediately.

The new Prime Minister of Crimea, with the support of armed people without identification marks, was elected pro-Russian politician Sergey Aksenov. His administration refused to obey the new Kyiv authorities. On March 6, the Supreme Council of Crimea decided to join the ARC in Russia. 78 of the 100 deputies of the Rada of Crimea voted for the entry of the ARC into the Russian Federation and the holding of a referendum on this issue on March 16.