The prosecutor's office will check the words of TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak about Crimea

TV presenter and candidate for the presidency of Russia Ksenia Sobchak said that the Prosecutor General's Office began checking her statements about the ownership of the Crimea. The department sent Sobchak a notification about the start of the check. about it . writes Interfax

at a press conference On October 24, Ksenia Sobchak stated that Russia's position on Crimea is contrary to international norms: “From the point of view of international law, Crimea is Ukrainian (...) We broke our word, we violated the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. We made a promise, and we did not fulfill this promise, ”Sobchak said.

On October 27, at an open meeting, the TV presenter stated that, in her opinion, a new referendum should be held in Crimea: “Russia has violated international obligations, this is the main starting point. Russian people live in Crimea, there are many of them. (…) We cannot treat them as subjects of geopolitics. The policy that is not for people is bad, ”said Ksenia Sobchak.

Earlier in an interview with CNN, she said that a referendum was held by Moscow to annex the peninsula to Russia.