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The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said that the rumors spread by foreign media, about “a deal” between Russia and the West over Crimea are “fiction from beginning to end.” She wrote about this in his blog on the official website of the Federation Council.
“Recently, some foreign media spread rumors about a deal between Russia and the West by the formula: “Crimea in exchange for the lifting of sanctions”. It’s from beginning to end fiction,” wrote Matvienko.
She noted that Crimea and Sevastopol are an integral part of Russia.
“Our country and its territories does not sell” – said the speaker of the Federation Council.
Earlier, the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin will not agree to a deal with the United States, which involves the revision of the status of the Crimea in exchange for the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions.