Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sees the West's demand that Moscow change its position regarding Crimea's reintegration with Russia as absolutely hopeless.
“You may substantially disagree with the way we see the situation, and you may not accept the Russian Federation’s decisions that were made in response to the Crimeans’ will and were supported by an astounding majority of the population. We understand this position, life is life,” Lavrov said in an interview shown in an analytical program hosted by Sergei Brilyov on Rossiya-1 TV channel on Saturday.
“But not understanding real politics and absolute hopelessness of demands addressed to us at the moment when we said that we would accept any decision by the Crimeans after they express their will and telling us: ‘Okay, despite what the president said, let’s put it down that a mission will go to Ukraine including Crimea’ – this is diplomatic impudence or absolute diplomatic inadequacy,” he said.
