The Baltic countries are the enemies of Moscow and use neo-Nazi methods against Russia in order to impose “European values” there and undermine the regime of president Putin.
No evidence given for this conspiracy theory.
NATO was planning to base ships and missiles in Crimea to threaten Moscow
The idea has never been proposed, suggested or discussed within NATO. bit.ly/1NYTQ8J,
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the choice of the Crimean residents who voted for reunification with Russia should be respected avoiding double standards. Putin recalled that more than 90% of Crimeans voted for reunification with Russia.
Any decision relating to Ukraine's sovereignty or sovereign choices can only be taken without undue external pressure. This so-called referendum was organised in a matter of weeks by a self-proclaimed Crimean leadership lacking democratic legitimacy and installed by armed Russian military personnel following the seizure of public buildings. The EU does not recognise it.
Unlike the US, Russia recognizes the right of any other country to exist as a sovereign state.
Contradicted not least by Russia's illegal actions in Ukraine. The European Union does not recognise and continues to strongly condemn this violation of international law, which remains a challenge to the international security order. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. 68/262, adopted on 27 March 2014 and supported by 100 states, clearly says that Russia's actions in the peninsula as well as the referendum held in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea violate international law.
