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In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. This took place in the relative power vacuum [33] immediately following the Revolution of Dignity. It marked the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War .
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Mar 19, 2014 · The annexation of Crimea was the smoothest invasion of modern times. It was over before the outside world realised it had even started. And until Tuesday 18 March, when a group of pro-Russian...
Feb 20, 2024 · On March 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin made Crimea part of Russia. The annexation propelled his sagging approval ratings to an atmospheric 88 percent, and some Russians saw it as a...
Mar 17, 2020 · The Russian government justified the referendum and annexation as an act of self-determination, though it appears that well less than half of the Crimean population actually voted to join...
Mar 17, 2022 · Tomorrow marks eight years since Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, marking the biggest land-grab in Europe since the Second World War. How life in Crimea changed...
Jul 12, 2018 · Indeed, the Crimean peninsula has loomed large for Russian leaders ever since Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great annexed it from the Ottoman Empire in 1783. The strategically located peninsula,...
Mar 13, 2024 · RFE/RL. On March 16, 2014, an illegal referendum was held in Crimea as unmarked Russian soldiers, supported by some of the peninsula’s ethnic Russian population, seized public buildings and...
