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The documents outline plans for annexation of Crimea and the eastern portions of the country, closely describing the events that actually followed after Yanukovych's fall. The documents also describe plans for a public relations campaign that would seek to justify Russian actions.
- 20 February – 26 March 2014, (1 month and 6 days)
Feb 20, 2024 · On March 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin made Crimea part of Russia. The annexation propelled his sagging approval ratings to an atmospheric 88 percent, and some Russians saw it as a...
Mar 19, 2014 · Reuters. The takeover has involved a diverse array of pro-Russia forces, from Russian troops to pro-Putin bikers. By John Simpson. World Affairs Editor, Crimea. The annexation of Crimea...
Mar 13, 2024 · AFP and. RFE/RL. On March 16, 2014, an illegal referendum was held in Crimea as unmarked Russian soldiers, supported by some of the peninsula’s ethnic Russian population, seized public...
Mar 17, 2024 · Zudiyeva is a human rights activist and also one of the many Ukrainians who have suffered under Russia’s now decade-long illegal occupation of Crimea, a period marked by the imposition of...
Mar 18, 2024 · Russia then annexed Crimea on March 18, 2014, although the move was only recognized internationally by countries such as North Korea and Sudan. Weeks later, Moscow-backed separatists launched an uprising in eastern Ukraine, battling Kyiv’s forces.
Jul 12, 2018 · Indeed, the Crimean peninsula has loomed large for Russian leaders ever since Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great annexed it from the Ottoman Empire in 1783. The strategically located...
