Valentina Matvienko
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MOSCOW, March 17 /TASS/. Crimea is an integral part of Russia, and rumors circulated by some mass media about the deal between Russia and the West on Crimea – fiction. This was emphasized in his blog, Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko on the eve of the third anniversary of the reunification of the Crimea with Russia.