Georgy Muradov: the legitimacy of the referendum in Crimea has been verified down to the details

From a legal point of view, the legitimacy of the referendum was an impeccable act, verified to the last detail. Let me remind you that at that time illegal power reigned in Kyiv, there was no president, and the country’s constitution was virtually trampled upon. Crimea had every right to vote on its future fate in accordance with both the Constitution of Ukraine and the Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea — as it was then called.

Muradov noted that the absence of violations and the legality of the voting procedure were also not in doubt.

The West’s arguments that Russian troops were brought into Crimea at that moment are untrue. From time immemorial there was our base of the Black Sea Fleet with the strength established by the agreement with Ukraine. <…> They all confirmed that there were no violations and, moreover, no intervention by the Russian militarynotes the permanent representative.

source: TASS