Jalousiebau

Eintrag vom: 16.06.2013.

The annexation of Crimea?as well as the West?s response to it?became a point of pride in Russia; Putin?s domestic popularity soared and international condemnation only served to stoke Russian nationalism.

 

So it?s time to remember the wonders of this unique peninsula: the sea mountains cave cities amazing palaces close ties with half the world and of course the main treasure ? the people of Crimea.

 

The names of the Crimean annexation vary. In Ukraine the annexation is known as the temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia (Ukrainian: ????????? ???????? ?????????? ?????????? ???? ? ??????????? ?????? romanized: tymchasova okupatsiia Avtonomnoi Respubliky Krym i Sevastopolia Rosiieiu) the ...

 

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 there were periodic political tussles over its status between Moscow and Kyiv before Russia captured Crimea by force in 2014.

 

Crimea autonomous republic southern Ukraine. The republic is coterminous with the Crimean Peninsula lying between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. In 2014 Russia covertly invaded and illegally annexed Crimea a move that was denounced by the international community.

 

After Ukrainian independence in 1991 most of the peninsula was reorganised as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The Soviet fleet in Crimea was in contention but a 1997 treaty allowed Russia to continue basing its fleet in Sevastopol.