SIMFEROPOL, March 14, /ITAR-TASS/. Crimea, if it accedes to Russia as a result of the referendum, is ready to support Russian speakers in Ukraine’s eastern regions, but it will not call for separatism, Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov told reporters.
“We support compatriots in eastern Ukraine but we do not call for separatism,” Aksyonov said in answer to a question of reporters.