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Ilya Ponomarev, the only MP of the State Duma, who did not vote for the annexati...

Our Crimea, but not quite. Why the Russians will not protect the occupied peninsula and when it will be released - the ex -Duma of the Russian Federation

Ilya Ponomarev, the only MP of the State Duma, who did not vote for the annexation of the Crimea in 2014, and now a citizen of Ukraine, in an interview with the journalist Elena Tribushny told why the Russians will not protect the occupied peninsula and when it will be released. “If it concerns Kursk, Belgorod and other Russian regions, this is one question. And if it concerns Crimea . . . For them, "Our Crimea", of course, but it is not quite Russia.

Because Crimea was captured in Ukraine, and everyone is well aware. Therefore, I believe that it will be very difficult to mobilize society in defense of the Crimea, ”Ponomaryov said in an interview with a tribune. The video of the day he noted that the Russians lost many incomes through the Crimea and their level of lives worsened. “To go and defend Crimea? This is unlikely, ”the former MP of the State Duma summed up.

In his opinion, Ukraine will not have to release Crimea with the power of weapons. “It will be easier to release the continental part, first of the Right Bank Ukraine, then the rest of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, and then go to the liberation of the Donbass. Crimea is the last goal and the last territory in the queue. Putin will not survive before, ”Ponomarev said.

The former State Duma deputy noted that the military defeat of the Russian Federation and the destruction of Putin automatically means the return of Crimea. “Therefore, I think the return will happen soon. I would give it a year, a maximum of two, ”he said. On August 25, the CEO of the Defense Strategies Center Alina Frolova said that tactical nuclear weapons could be placed in Crimea.