'Secret polls' sealed decision to annex Crimea: Putin

April 11, 2014 00:11

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that his decision to take the Crimean peninsula under Russian control was made final after "secret polls" showed that its people wanted to be ruled by Moscow.

"My decisions were finalised after people's attitudes became clear," Putin said. "We weren't prepared for such a turn of events. To tell you the truth, we could imagine how people felt but did not know for sure."

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