Crimea Quote by Donald Trump

You know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.

— Donald Trump

Crimea has always been and remains Russian, as well as Ukrainian, Crimean-Tatar, Greek (after all, there are Greeks living there) and German - and…

— Vladimir Putin

For me, it [Crimea] is not borders and state territories that matter, but people's fortunes.

— Vladimir Putin

There are complicated processes going on in society in the Crimea. There are problems of the Crimean Tatars, the Ukrainian population, the Russian population,…

— Vladimir Putin

According to international law, Crimea is Ukraine's. Period.

— Ksenia Sobchak

Putin himself is a bit of a risk taker, so the invading Ukraine, in the east in particular - Crimea was risky.

— Steve Inskeep

The events in Crimea themselves have nothing to do with what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other regions. In my opinion, when the…

— Vladimir Putin

The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere.

— Rand Paul

If NATO troops walk in Crimea, they will immediately deploy their forces there. Such a move would be geopolitically sensitive for us because, in…

— Vladimir Putin

If 85 percent of Russians support the annexation of Crimea and the aggression against Ukraine, that is a very bad sign. The post-Soviet legacy…

— Arseniy Yatsenyuk

With all of these strong ties to NATO, Ukraine is a mess. Crimea has been taken. Don't blame Donald Trump for that.

— Donald Trump

Crimea was not a non-nuclear zone in an international law sense but was part of Ukraine, a state which doesn't possess nuclear arms.

— Sergei Lavrov