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Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Appearance. For more details, see Russian occupation of Crimea. In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it.
Russia has been accused of neocolonialism and colonization in Crimea by enforced Russification, passportization, and by settling Russian citizens on the peninsula and forcing out Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars.
The Crimean parliament and the autonomous city of Sevastopol unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine [10][11] to ideally form a country named Republic of Crimea. Russia then annexed the region and created two federal subjects, the Republic of Crimea (as a republic) and Sevastopol (as a federal city).
20 lut 2024 · The first shot didn’t happen, but what took place in Crimea 10 years ago paved the way for today’s war between Ukraine and Russia.
18 mar 2022 · 18 March 2022. Watch: Thousands gather in Moscow to celebrate annexation of Crimea. Eight years after Russian troops seized Ukraine's southern region of Crimea, the event is being celebrated...
Russia invaded Crimea on 20 February 2014, officially marking the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The 2014 Crimean referendum is regarded by the UN as illegal because the whole of Ukraine is required to vote and both options on the ballot would have resulted in a separation from Ukraine.
29 wrz 2022 · President Vladimir V. Putin declared on Friday that some 40,000 square miles of eastern and southern Ukraine would become part of Russia — an annexation broadly denounced by the West, but a...
