Crimea citizen interview: conflict in Crimea, Russian troops, Kiev/Maidan government
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-- ..And it will be on your conscience not to show what we're asking you to show, and it will be on your conscience to cut out what we're saying.
-- And so... There. Is. No. Conflict. In Crimea! --(Man in background) Russia is protecting us! -- One minute.. Because.. the people of Crimea completely, unequivocally, supports the actions of Russia to stabilize the situation in Crimea.
-- We are asking Russia to come here to establish order in Crimea, in case groups of armed thugs may come here. We are glad that Russia is ready to help us. (Man in background: "Yes, we are glad") --We wish it, we want this help!
-- The only thing that we fear, we fear a confrontation from the side of the Ukrainian gov't, which now has called for a mobilization, against who, the people of Crimea?
-- And that's why we are standing here, and we want to see fulfilled the lawful order of our gov't, the council of ministers: that the law enforcement and army units of Crimea have been reassigned to the gov't of Crimea, and for this reason,
all the military units, all of the police have to serve us, the people of Crimea, and our gov't, which we support with both arms [idiom], with more than both arms.
-- There is no conflict here [in Crimea]! There is a conflict between Crimea, and the Ukrainian gov't, which took power illegally, it is not legitimate, we do not recognize it.
-- We don't support the bandera people, we don't support the maidan people, Crimea was sick to its stomach for three months from what you were you showing on your TV channels.
-- Right now we've (finally) been able to take a normal breath, now we're finally happy that we can take a breath, a breath of fresh air, and the brotherly help of Russia... we're asking, we're asking - "Russia, our mother, don't leave Crimeans alone!".
..The Ukrainian gov't must leave, and to never dictate, to us, here, their will.
-- (Woman) Europe should keep to itself! Europe -- to itself. (Man) If this interview won't be shown... (unintelligible)...
(reporter is asking a question about the future status of Crimea)
-- As of today, in Crimea, I don't care. The only thing in common with all three possibilities that you proposed, is our will to lawfully decide, on March 30, who wants to go where [as Crimea].
-- We want Crimea to have a complete, unequivocal right to decide for itself, with whom to be friends, with whom to trade, with whom to have a relationship, which language to speak. THIS is exactly what we're going to decide in the referendum.
-- We want to have back our statehood, our rights, to decide our fate, without orders from those that have never been to Crimea, who hate Crimea, who talk of ethnic cleansing. So.. if Western Ukraine wants to live with the West, let it live with the West.
-- We want to live in Crimea, to be partners with Russia, to live according to our laws -- Slavic, Russian Federation, Russian laws.. (unintelligible)..
