MOSCOW. Nov 28 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the incident in the Kerch Strait was a provocation carried out by the authorities in Kyiv ahead of the Ukrainian presidential election.
"As for the incident in the Black Sea, it is a provocation that was undoubtedly organized by the incumbent authorities, including the president, acting ahead of the presidential election in Ukraine next March," Putin said at VTB Capital's Russia Calling Investment Forum.