http://pics.livejournal.com Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn opts for letting Russia BSF stay in Crimea after its lease of Sevastopol expires, the speaker said in his interview with Fakty on Oct. 21,leading some experts to observe that the speaker is flirting with Russia.

“We should make everything to extend the lease of our base in Crimea by the BSF after 2017 – on mutually beneficial terms,” Lytvyn declared.

Ukraine should also step up cooperation with Russia in the industrial-military complex, notably, in space, aircraft building, tank building and modern technologies.

“Only by joining forces can we build a modern army and provide adequate assistance to it,” he stressed.

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