Crimea had the right to choose, and it chose Russia, French MP says

Residents of Crimea had every right to a referendum and they used this right, and it saved them from a war, a deputy of France's National Assembly, Claude Goasguen, told a Moscow press conference, after he visited the region with a delegation of French parliamentarians.

"They say that the Crimeans had no legal right to hold a referendum. Of course they had! Why not? This is what saved the region from war," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

The politician also noted that now there is peace in the region and there are no signs of instability. "It is time to recognize that Crimea is a region where there is a peace, even if the United States wanted war to break out there," Claude Goasguen stressed.