Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, imprisoned in the Putin regime, admitted that Russia should de-occupy the entire territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, and start paying reparations.
This is stated in the publication dedicated to the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, on his website.
The text consists of 15 points, which are called a summary of Navalny’s political platform. In it, for the first time, the oppositionist directly calls for the return of the occupied Crimea to Ukraine, the payment of compensation for the aggressive war and the investigation of war crimes committed by Russia.
In the fall of 2014, Alexei Navalny declared that Crimea was “de facto Russian.” Answering a question about Crimea, he said: “Crimea is a sandwich with sausage, or something, to return it back and forth?”
In 2021, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said that “the sandwich will have to be returned, and not bitten, fresh and in good condition.”
What are the limits of Ukraine? Such, as in Russia, are internationally recognized, identified in 1991. We, Russia, also recognized them then. Russia must recognize these borders even now. There is nothing to discuss here. Almost all borders in the world are random and cause someone’s discontent. But it is impossible to fight for their replacement in the 21st century. Otherwise, the world will plunge into chaos.
Leave peace in Ukraine and give it the opportunity to develop as its people wish. Stop aggression, end the war and withdraw all Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine. To continue the war is just a hysteria of impotence, and to stop it is a strong current.
Together with Ukraine, the United States, the European Union and Britain, look for acceptable ways to compensate for the damage caused to Ukraine. For example (after the change of power in Russia and the end of the war), by lifting restrictions on our oil and gas, but with the direction of part of the income from the export of hydrocarbons for compensation.
Investigate war crimes in cooperation with international institutions,” Navalny wrote in a document that called “15 points for a Russian citizen who wants the best for his country.”
Source: Racurs
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