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Published on Aug 12, 2016
A
referendum held in March 2014 was Moscow's justification for annexing
Crimea in the aftermath of the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian
President Viktor Yanukovych.
At the time almost 60 percent of the two million inhabitants identified themselves as Russians and 96 percent of those who voted said they wanted the peninsula to cease being an autonomous region of Ukraine and instead be part of Russia.
Crimea's strategic importance is that it extends into the Black Sea. From there Russia's navy…
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/11/cr...
At the time almost 60 percent of the two million inhabitants identified themselves as Russians and 96 percent of those who voted said they wanted the peninsula to cease being an autonomous region of Ukraine and instead be part of Russia.
Crimea's strategic importance is that it extends into the Black Sea. From there Russia's navy…
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/11/cr...
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