ST. PETERSBURG (Sputnik) – In an interview on the sidelines of an international law forum in St. Petersburg, the minister told RIA Novosti:
“Russia considers its position to be in accordance with international law in the process of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol’s reunification with Russia and does not consider it has breached any international laws in other aspects in mutual cooperation with Ukraine.”
Konovalov declined to expand in detail on Russia’s position on Ukraine’s dispute in the ECHR that is currently being reviewed in Strasbourg “because this dispute that was communicated needs to be thoroughly studied.”
After over 60 years since its transfer to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and spurred by last year's ouster of then-president Viktor Yanukovych, Crimea voted by an overwhelming majority in a referendum last March to rejoin Russia.
