Ksenia Sobchak says she can't be prosecuted for insisting that Crimea is still Ukrainian

Source: Meduza

Ksenia Sobchak is dominating headlines again today, a week after announcing her intention to run for president, after declaring that Russia’s annexation of Crimea violated international law and Moscow’s obligations under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which gave security assurances to Ukraine in exchange for Kiev giving up its nuclear weapons.

Sobchak insists that she can’t be prosecuted for her remarks, insofar as she isn’t calling for Crimea’s return to Ukraine.

Asked about Sobchak’s comments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Crimea is Russian both de jure and de facto, arguing that there’s no discussion to be had about which country maintains sovereignty over the peninsula.

Earlier in October, Russia’s Federal Security Service indicted Crimean-Tatar activist Suleiman Kadyrov on separatism charges for reposting a video describing Crimea as Ukrainian. Ksenia Sobchak says these charges are illegal.

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Ksenia Sobchak says she can't be prosecuted for insisting that Crimea is still Ukrainian

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