29 Aug 2014 16:59

Putin expects recognition of Crimea as part of Russia to take long time

SELIGER, Tver region. Aug 29 (Interfax) - The process of international recognition of Crimea as a Russian region will take a long time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Seliger youth forum.

"I think that the issue relating to recognition is that it will be resolved in a long and tedious way. This is strange for me because, indeed, what happened to Serbia and Kosovo shows that when the political will and wish exist, then decisions, which occurred in Kosovo or occurred in Crimea, are recognized very easily," Putin said.