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Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to Crimea on Monday to mark the fifth anniversary of Moscow's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine, condemned by the West but celebrated by most Russians.
Axar.az reports citing TASS.
Putin will take part in celebrations in the contested territory, where he is also due to launch a new power station, the Kremlin said.
Moscow's 2014 takeover of Crimea was denounced by Kiev and the West as annexation and led to sanctions against Russia, but it resulted in a major boost of Putin's popularity at the time.
In Russia, March 18 has been officially proclaimed as the "Day of Crimea's Reunification with Russia".
In Moscow, city authorities have thrown a street festival called " Crimean Spring" that hosts jazz concerts, cooking workshops and a photography exhibition a stone's throw from the Kremlin.
Up to 10,000 people are expected to take part in a flash mob in the Moscow region Monday, dancing to the Soviet-era song " Waltz of Sevastopol" -- the Crimean city home to Russia's Black Sea fleet.
Hundreds are expected to participate in another flash mob recreating the Russian flag in the Crimean seaside resort Yalta.
5 years after Russia annexed Crimea, one Russian paper issues stinging criticism of Moscow. A piece in Vedomosti calls Crimea “a temporary occupied territory...not a fully-fledged part of Russia” & lays bare “the pattern of new Russian colonialism.” #ReadingRussia pic.twitter.com/eq5rME7NNF
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) March 18, 2019
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2019.03.18 / 15:05
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Axar.az
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