Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces conditions for inspections of Crimea

Russia is ready to host inspectors, observers and assessment groups in Crimea, but in accordance with the  Vienna Document, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary on the State Department's regular report on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonprofiliation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments.

"With regard to the accusations of the ‘occupation’ and ‘annexation’ of Crimea and the deployment of troops there ‘without the consent of the host country’, as for the Vienna Document (as well as to the CFE Treaty), the reunification of the peninsula with Russia is a result of the free expression of the will of its multinational population, the commentary says, emphasizing that the current status of Crimea and Sevastopol as subjects of the Russian Federation is final and not a subject to revision, RIA Novosti reports.