Russia’s top state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta has issued an apology for reporting that the mayor of Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, recognized Crimea as Russian territory.
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 was officially condemned across the EU, of which Slovenia is part of. Russia’s decision to send troops and hold a snap vote in the Ukrainian region, with the option of joining Russia, was deemed internationally illegitimate. Nonetheless, Russia gained control of the peninsula and has been lobbying for world leaders to recognize it as Russian territory.
Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported in September that Zoran Janković, the mayor of the the Slovene capital city, …read more
Source: Newsweek
