“Leasing” Crimea to Russia is impossible, as they will promptly insist on becoming owners – senior Ukrainian official
Pravda Ukraine
Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council, has said “leasing” Ukrainian Crimea to the Russians is impossible, as they will soon demand to become its owners.
Source: Danilov in an interview with an Italian newspaper La Repubblica
Details: “They were our tenants once: they will soon demand to own what they rent.