Chubarov: Russia clearly shows Crimea is now military foothold

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‘By turning the annexed Crimea into another part of the Southern federal district, Russia has very clearly showed the rest of the world that the peninsula is now a military foothold. For the last two years, Russia has been stuffing the occupied Crimea with military vehicles and hardware, turning its territory into a military base, throwing away its own promises to Crimean locals and the rest of the world – as if they would care about the Republic of Crimea’, Refat Chubarov, leader of Mejlis of Crimean Tatars, said during the evening show at 112 Ukraine TV channel.