Chaly: Sevastopol could have returned to Russia back in 2004, but it didn’t work out
Sevastopol had two opportunities to return to Russia during the Ukrainian period. The leader of the Russian Spring, Alexei Chaly, stated this in an interview with TASS.
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“In 2004-2005, we were preparing for the first time for a coup in connection with the Orange Revolution. But a legally strong basis for our actions could only appear if a period of lawlessness arose, when it was impossible to remain within the framework of the law if they stopped speaking to you in the language of the law. In 2004–2005, an almost legitimate transfer of power took place in Kyiv,” Chaly said.
The second possibility he named was the situation in 2008, when, during the war in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the then President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko ordered the Black Sea Fleet ships that were returning to their base in Sevastopol not to be allowed in.
“In general, it’s absolutely witty: the armed fleet should not be allowed into its own base. I won't go into detail, but it was actually very close. But the officers simply did not dare to shoot at each other, living in the same city, looking into each other’s eyes. Then we were also preparing to seize power in the city. But it didn’t work out,” Chaly said.
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