![Crimea’s Reunification With Russia: People ‘Really Wanted to Return Home’ Crimea’s Reunification With Russia: People ‘Really Wanted to Return Home’](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1019752511-310x168.jpg)
The Crimeans “really wanted to return to Russia,” head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov told Sputnik, reflecting on events which led the Black Sea peninsula to hold a referendum on its status within Ukraine.
Crimea’s parliament and the local government of Sevastopol held the plebiscite following the foreign-sponsored coup which ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich in February 2014.