EEAS: the annexation of Crimea to Russia was not supposed to shock the world community

The reunification of Russia and crimea were predictable, this event is not supposed to shock the international community, RIA Novosti reported statement by the head of department of crisis management and planning, European external action service (eeas) gábor iklódy. Three years ago, when there was the crimea, it was a shock for us. But then we can ask ourselves the question: was it totally unexpected? i believe that the answer is no. We just didn't listen to the signal that was sent earlier, iklódy said at a conference in Washington. He called to think about "A few things". President (Vladimir) Putin describes the collapse of the Soviet Union as a catastrophe of the xx century, think about the statements made about protecting the 25 million Russian-speaking population, which appeared after the collapse of the Soviet Union outside of russia, or think about the actions taken in 2008 in georgia after cyberspace operations, which was held there, said a European diplomat. These are signals that the West is not heard, he said. We will remind, the crimean peninsula once again became a Russian region on the basis of a referendum held after a coup in Ukraine in 2014.