Moscows actions in the Crimea are comprehensible, former German chancellor, Helmut Schmidt said, criticizing the Western reaction to the peninsulas reunification with Russia. President Vladimir Putins approach to the Crimean issue is completely understandable, Schmidt wrote in Die Zeit newspaper where hes employed as an editor. While the sanctions, which target individual Russian politicians and businessmen, employed by the EU and the US against Russia are a stupid idea, he added.