Leonid Slutskiy: it is necessary to raise the topic of the crossing of the Russian state border by the ships of the Ukrainian Navy with the OSCE PA and IPU

“I think we will talk everywhere that such a provocation took place. I am sure that both in the OSCE PA and in the IPU we will raise this topic,” Leonid Slutskiy Slutsky
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“Our opponents specifically provoke us to aggression. However we certainly will not give such luxury to those who would like to use it against Russia at the UN or on other platforms,” said the parliamentarian.

In addition, the head of the Committee believes that ”Western curators could be the ideologist of this action.“

According to Leonid Slutskiy, the incident may be connected with the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine.

“The first thing that comes to mind is the connection of this action with the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine. The situation for [Petr] Poroshenko is unfavorable, it is possible that he uses this provocation and the subsequent imposition of a state of emergency to cancel or postpone the election. I can't rule it out. Some leaks from Kiev say the same thing,” said the member of the State Duma.

“We will not give in to these provocations. I am sure that the situation will be resolved,” he concluded.

On Sunday, November 25, according to the Federal Security Service of Russia, the ships of the Ukrainian Naval Forces violated the Russian state border, and in the evening they again attempted to carry out illegal actions within the territorial sea of the Russian Federation. There was no reaction to the legal requirements of the FSB and the Black Sea Fleet border guards ships and boats escorting them. To stop the Ukrainian ships, the Russian ships had to use weapons, all three vessels were detained in the Russian territorial waters.