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On 27 February 2014, unmarked Russian soldiers were deployed to the Crimean Peninsula in order to wrest control of it from Ukraine, starting the Russo-Ukrainian War. [1] This military occupation, which the Ukrainian government considers to have begun on 20 February, [2] [3] laid the foundation for the Russian annexation of Crimea on 18 March 2014.
On 27 March 2014, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution describing the referendum leading to annexation of Crimea by Russia as illegal. [437] The draft resolution, which was titled "Territorial integrity of Ukraine", was co-sponsored by Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and the US.
A poll of the Crimean public in Russian-annexed Crimea was taken by the Ukrainian branch of Germany's biggest market research organization, GfK, on 16–22 January 2015. According to its results: "Eighty-two percent of those polled said they fully supported Crimea's inclusion in Russia, and another 11 percent expressed partial support.
Crimea. The Way Home (Russian: «Крым. Путь на Родину») is a Russian propaganda television documentary about the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014. The film premiered both on Russian channel Rossiya 1 and on YouTube on March 15, 2015.
By the time of the 2014 Russian annexation, Crimea had been part of Ukraine for 60 years. Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of independent Ukraine, said Kyiv had invested some $100 billion into ...
in Russia (light yellow) Location of the Republic of Crimea (Russia) (light yellow) in the Crimean Peninsula Coordinates: 45°18′N 34°24′E / 45.3°N 34.4°E / 45.3; 34.4 Federal district Southern Economic region North Caucasus Capture of the Crimean parliament by Russian forces 27 February 2014 Annexation by Russia 18 March 2014 Administrative centre Simferopol Government ...
Since the annexation Russia has supported large migration into Crimea. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] [ 98 ] Once Ukraine lost control of the territory in 2014, it shut off the water supply of the North Crimean Canal which supplies 85% of the peninsula's freshwater needs from the Dnieper river , the nation's main waterway. [ 99 ]
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation: Referendum on the political status of Crimea: 18 March: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation: Putin and Crimean officials signed the Treaty on Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia. 26 October: 2011 time zones reform was canceled 2015: 1 January