the Russian Embassy in the United States recommended that the head of the press service of the state Department of Morgan Ortagus to deepen her knowledge of Russian history, and offered his assistance. It can prevent statements based “on the false narratives and bad slogans, but also speculation regarding the tragic periods of the Soviet past,” – said in a message posted on the Embassy page in Facebook.
In 1954 Crimea was transferred from Soviet Russia to Soviet Ukraine, without asking the people. In 2014 the residents of Crimea in a referendum decided not to be part of Ukraine “as a result of anti-constitutional nationalist coup in Kiev and violent banderizatsii supported by Washington,” reminded the Embassy representative of the state Department.
However, if Ortagus trust Western experts, Russian diplomats have been advised to start with the article, “To Russia with love” Foreign Affairs. It says that the majority of Crimeans do not see the Russian alien administration. “On the contrary, based on our research, they are happy”, – quotes the mission is a quote from the article.
So in the Russian Embassy responded to the publication of Ortagus on Twitter. In it the employee of the state Department called for an end to “suffering” living in Crimea and to regain control of the Peninsula to Ukraine.
