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  • 2018-09-19 (xsd:date)
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  • which completed the annexation of the peninsula by Russia.On March 27 (en)
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  • Valentin Vatsev, the Bulgarian political analyst’s September statement in RIA Novosti regarding Russia’s involvement in Crimea echoes a series of Russian government and media claims since 2014. Here are the facts, which we will detail:Russian soldiers, without displaying insignia, took over the Crimean peninsula, taking control of a peninsula that had been Ukraine’s more than 60 years, dating back to the Soviet era.Russian-backed local authorities quickly staged a referendum, labeled invalid by the UN, to give its annexation the veneer of legality.The United Nations Security Council acted in (20154/15?), demonstrating the view of most of the international community toward Russia’s aggression on the Crimean peninsula.The view of the international community followed Russian’s own legal recognition of the post-Soviet order, which included the Belovezha Accord and the Budapest Memorandum.Ukraine -- A Ukrainian woman speaks with an armed man in military uniform, believed to be Russian soldiers, block the Ukrainian navy base in Novoozerniy village near of Feodosia, Crimea, March 3, 2014The Russian takeover of Crimea in February 2014 began when Russian special forces, operating without national insignia, seized the Crimea parliament building and raised the Russian flag. The little green men" bloodless invasion resulted in unmarked Russian soldiers taking control of the Republic.On March 16 (en)
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