Voice of Russia
December 14, 2013
Crimea protests against disorders in Kiev
The first train left Simferopol for Kiev today carrying those who want to show their disagreement with the violent opposition and urge the government to stop destabilisation of the country.
Vladimir Konstantinov, chairman of the Crimean Supreme Council, told journalists that after peaceful protests in Kiev turned into mass disorders and nationalist anti-Russian riots the Crimean people ran out of patience.
He said that the Crimean parliament has arranged a hot line for citizens to express their opinions and make suggestions about the political situation in the country. He added that people’s greatest concern was caused by oppositional leaders’ calls for cancelling Crimean autonomy. Konstantinov pointed out that nationalist leaders were threatening the Crimean people’s Constitution and their rights, including the right to speak, write and get education in their native Russian language.
Vladimir Cherkashin, head of the Crimean Union of Cossacks, told journalists that people of South-Eastern Ukraine will not tolerate a repetition of the ‘Orange Revolution’. He said that millions of people living in the south-east of Ukraine have their own opinions and are indignant about the latest events in the country. He added that their people will firmly defend the Crimea and Orthodox Christianity.
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