Kravchuk's interview with russian media

June 1994, a meeting between Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and representatives of the russian media.

The first question from a russian journalist is whether Ukraine can agree to joint ownership of Crimea with Russia. He is also asked about the possibility of a federal structure in Ukraine, his attitude to the writer Solzhenitsyn and his views on building a single state (Ukraine, russia, belarus), the problems of the Black Sea Fleet, Kravchuk's political ambitions, social sphere, economy and reforms, and his personal attitude to religion.

Leonid Kravchuk talks about the free trade agreement, the worsening situation in Crimea, avoiding forceful solutions to the crisis, the basing of the russian fleet and Ukrainian ships and personnel, agreements within the CIS and the laws of each country, economic development, the work of the parliament, Ukraine's strategic course, the People's Movement of Ukraine, other democratic parties and “left-wing” forces in the Verkhovna Rada, his atheism and the fact that he grew up in a religious family.