The Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak visited Crimea for an independent report in late May – early June 2014, while the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the order of visiting the peninsula was taken in 2015. This was stated in a comment to RIA Novosti by a representative of the politician Ksenia Chudinova.
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112.ua: Sobchak visited Crimea before Ukrainian Cabinet established rules for visiting peninsula
Russian journalist, former reality show host and socialite Ksenia Sobchak, who announced last week her plans to run in next year's presidential election, arrives to hold a press conference in Moscow on Oct. 24, 2017.