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Crimea’s reunification with Russia was result of Ukrainian crisis

“There has been no such surge of patriotism since the victory in the Great Patriotic War,” ex-Russian premier Yevgeny Primakov says
Crimean and Russian flags seen on the Crimea's Cabinet Council ITAR-TASS/Alexander Ryumin
Crimean and Russian flags seen on the Crimea's Cabinet Council
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MOSCOW, April 30. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia did not plan to incorporate Crimea, it was Moscow's reaction to the development of the crisis in Ukraine, ex-Russian premier Yevgeny Primakov said during a lecture for Moscow State University students in the Russian capital on Wednesday.

The reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia was not a well-thought-out decision but rather reaction to the development of the crisis in Ukraine, which had been orchestrated from outside,” Primakov said.

He said Russia “took measures to ensure security of the peninsula’s population during the vote from raids and provocations by radicals”.

Primakov also noted that the unity was massive.