On Wednesday 22 March, the Russian foreign ministry stated that the EU's policy on Crimea would not change Russia's attitude.
"Crimea and Sevastopol are an integral part of the Russian Federation" and"methods of political and economic pressure, to which the European Union persistently resorts, are futile efforts and will not change this fact", the Russian foreign ministry's press and information department stated in a press release.
In its press release, the ministry criticised the...