Moscow - President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has said that Crimean events displayed high level of Russian Armed Forces' training. "Recent events in the Crimea were a rather serious exam. They showed both brand new capabilities of our Armed Forces and high morale of military personnel," the president said during the ceremony of meeting with high-ranking officers on the occasion of their reassignment and promotion.
President thanked “the command and troops of Black See Fleet and other bases and detachments located in the Crimea for their restraint and courage.”
Commander-in-chief noted that “distinctive and professional actions of Russian servicemen allowed avoiding provocations, preventing bloodshed and providing conditions for conducting a free and peaceful referendum.
Putin said that “a serious work on modification of military structure in the Crimea is yet to be done. We need to complete the formation of detachments of Interior and Emergency Ministries, Federal Penal Service of Russia, as well as of Federal Security Service, Investigative Committee and Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation.”
He drew special attention to the necessity of urgent carrying out of the decisions on the restoration of the Nakhimov Higher Naval Institute and the creation of Presidential Cadet Academy in Sevastopol.
