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Russian investigators initiate proceedings against extremist group head over 2014 unrest

Putin points to failed attempts to create difficulties for Crimeans

Attempts to isolate Crimea continue, but it’s harder to carry them out — Russian diplomat

Hague court rules it has no jurisdiction over Kiev’s claims on Crimea coastal state rights

Ukraine’s new PM denies his own words on water supply to Crimea

Following the 2014 coup d’etat in Ukraine and subsequent reunion of Crimea and Russia, Ukrainian authorities stopped supplying water to the peninsula via the North Crimean Canal

Putin says Crimean Bridge built to serve people ‘for centuries’

The Russian leader said he experienced "a feeling of joy and satisfaction for the work done with a good result," when he was crossing this bridge

Passenger train crosses Crimean Bridge for the first time

The train passed through the railway part of the bridge for nearly 20 minutes

Sober-minded people in the West have long realized Crimea is Russian — Lavrov

Russia's top diplomat pointed to the attempts to use the issue for his country’s containment

Kherson court imposes home arrest on United Russia member detained in Ukraine

The defendant is indicted for encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and initiating the referendum on the seceding of Crimea

Ukrainian draft UN resolution on Crimea based on twisting facts — Foreign Ministry

The Russian diplomats stressed that the number of supporters of the initiative had decreased compared to last year, while the number of delegations that abstained or declined to take part in the voting increased

Out of touch with reality: Crimea head slams ICC’s myth of ‘human rights abuses’

The region's head commented on the International Criminal Court's report on the preliminary probe into human rights violations, which holds Russia liable for murders, torture, abductions and other criminal offences in Crimea

Ukrainian radicals seek to destabilize Crimea, says FSB chief

Alexander Bortnikov emphasized that international terrorist organizations kept trying to establish clandestine cells in Russia in order to carry out their malicious plans

Detention of United Russia member in Ukraine is revenge against Crimeans — MP

The lawmaker recalled that criminal cases had been opened against 6,000 Russians residing in the peninsula, as follows from what journalist Kirill Vyshinsky said after his release from political imprisonment in Ukraine

Kazakh leader says ‘annexation’ not proper to describe Crimea’s reunification with Russia

Deutsche Welle asked Tokayev whether the Kazakh government had been "frightened" by the events in Ukraine, namely the "annexation" of Crimea