U.S. sanctions on Crimea will remain as long as it continues the occupation of the Peninsula

About this in a special statement to the anniversary of the Crimean pseudo-referendum, said the U.S. state Department. Representative institutions John Kirby stressed that the United States is concerned about the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities in Crimea, where the occupying power to suppress dissent. Two years ago under the barrel of Russian guns in the Crimea held a pseudo-referendum.