Pushkov commented on the call of NATO to "return" the Crimea to Ukraine

He wrote about this in his Twitter, commenting on NATO’s call to “return Crimea” to Ukraine.

In his opinion, in other words, the North Atlantic Alliance proposed to transfer the peninsula under the control of NATO itself.

“For the first thing that Kiev would do if Crimea did not go to Russia,” the US / NATO would hand over the naval base in Sevastopol. But it will not work, ”the senator believes.

Earlier, NATO issued a statement in connection with the fifth anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea to Russia and called for the “return” of the peninsula to Ukraine.

In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia called on the alliance to recognize the choice of the inhabitants of the peninsula.

Crimea became the Russian region after the referendum held there in March 2014, in which the majority of residents spoke in favor of reunification with Russia.