“Crimea will still have to be recognized as Russian”

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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder made an unexpected statement: sooner or later, Europe will have to come to terms with the fact that the Crimean peninsula is Russian territory.


The politician said in an interview with the German newspaper Aachener Nachrichten:



This is a reality that someday will have to be recognized.


Schroeder made a short historical excursion and reminded the public that until 1954 the peninsula belonged to Russia, but then it became a “gift” to the Soviet (at that time) republic of Ukraine from the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

He thought that Soviet communism would live as long as the Catholic Church. Fortunately, this did not happen.


- said the ex-chancellor.

One can argue with him, fortunately or unfortunately, the collapse of the Soviet Union occurred, which led, among other things, to the conflict situation around Crimea. But against the background of other Western figures who continue their anti-Russian policies, basing it on the situation around the Crimea, Schroeder's words sound unexpectedly pragmatic.

He also acknowledged that it would be very important for Europe to resume cooperation with Russia. According to him, the Russian Federation is a close neighbor, without which there will be no lasting peace.

It should be noted that Gerhard Schroeder served as Federal Chancellor of Germany from October 1998 to November 2005. Along with the statement Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy about the unexpected impact of sanctions on the Russian the economy, the words of the former German leader are another example of how senior Western leaders express sound thoughts, but only after their resignation.
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