Opposition Platform – For Life MP Ilya Kiva said in an interview with Telegraf that the US “secretly agreed” to the reunification of the peninsula with Russia in 2014
“Ukraine gave Crimea to Russia together with America under existing agreements for the coup d’état that we had in 2014”, – the politician said.
According to him, Washington, by bringing its controlled forces into power in Ukraine, could not help but consider the position of Moscow, which had its own strategic objectives in the region.
“Yes, indeed, these are two empires, so there was a pure pact. We [the US] turned over power, but in order for you to legalise this, we will give you Crimea. You care about Crimea? Take it”, – RIA Novosti quoted Kiva as saying.
The MP stressed that it was because of the agreements between the United States and Russia that Oleksiy Turchynov, who was then acting president of Ukraine, ordered the withdrawal of Kiev-controlled troops from the peninsula.