Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified the annexation of Crimea during a 2014 ceremony in Moscow © Pool/AFP / Sergei ChirikovMoscow, Russian Federation, Aug 19 – Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday visiting annexed Crimea to boost security measures there, just days after accusing Kiev of attempting an armed incursion into the peninsula.
Putin chaired a meeting of his powerful security council in Crimea as he made his fifth visit to the strategic Black Sea peninsula since annexing it from Ukraine in March 2014.
Russian forces seized control of Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014 © AFP / Alexey Kravtsov“We have gathered …read more
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