Former U.S. ambassadors to Ukraine called for the punishment of the Russian Federation for the Crimea
Former Ambassador of the USA in Ukraine Steven Pifer, John Herbst, and William Taylor told that the West must do all in their power to joining the Crimea costly Russia. About it the Former U.S. employees of the foreign Ministry wrote in a column century
" The cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, restoration of observations over the country by the Ukrainian government, the stabilization of the situation in the East are not the main criteria of the return of normal life, " said Pifer, Herbst and Taylor.- The West is not obliged to forget the Crimea".
Ex-diplomats urged the US and the European Union are not in practice to admit that the Peninsula is located in the Russian jurisdiction. For example, Pifer, Herbst and Taylor suggest to refuse to issue visas to the residents of the Crimea, which will apply in the capital of Russia on a Russian passport, and refer such applicants to Kiev.
The largest airlines of the West, for their vision, are obliged to obey the Ukrainian authorities, which challenge its right to the supervision of the air space over the Crimea, and the international cruise ships are required to moor in the Crimea only with the permission of Ukraine. In the same way must do Western businesses are investing in Crimea.
While the Former employees of the foreign Ministry realized that Ukraine in the near future is unlikely to be able to restore the supervision over the Peninsula.
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