"We provide security for Abkhazia and South Ossetia just as we provide security for many other countries that once lived in the same house and we will continue to do so," the MP said, commenting on the appeal of a number of UN Security Council members to withdraw the Russian armed forces from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as to cancel recognition of their independence.

According to Kalashnikov, the same Great Britain, which joined this statement, first needs to withdraw its troops from Cyprus (the military bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, which form a separate overseas territory of Great Britain), since it "simply seized the territory of its former colony, appropriated it and made it their property," while the Russian Federation helps the republics to defend themselves.

In turn, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya said that "it is unacceptable to demand from Russia to violate the most important principles of international law - freedom, equality and justice." "In addition, by virtue of the principle of equality and self-determination of peoples, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, all peoples have the right to freely determine their political status without outside interference and to pursue their economic, social and cultural development, and each state is obliged to respect this right," she told reporters. She called the statement of seven members of the UN Security Council "pseudo-diplomacy, similar to bullying."

On Wednesday, a number of members of the UN Security Council (Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, Great Britain and the United States) issued a joint statement on the events of August 2008 in South Ossetia. Russia's actions in it are called illegal, Moscow is also accused of violating human rights. The countries that made the statement called on Russia to "immediately withdraw its military and security forces, and to revoke the recognition of independence" of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The statement was read by Andre Lipand, Deputy Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN.

Earlier, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said that attempts to raise the topic of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the UN Security Council are a manifestation of a refusal to recognize objective reality.