"Without the" Maidan "in Kiev would not be the annexation of the Crimea! But Crimea has always belonged to Russia. And for me, this whole situation is not so tragic. To me, the root cause of all - it is an internal crisis in Ukraine. And the unwillingness of authorities to listen and to hear of their citizens, which a year ago and did not think about any resistance. The actions of Russia in the Crimea was a reaction rather than action. The referendum in the Crimea, it was a reaction to the Maidan, the events in Kiev, there occurred an attack on the Russian population and the threat to them. " (President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. Vaclav Klaus said in an interview with "Die Presse" (Austria)