Russia rules out handing back Crimea, expands war games - Reuters
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty One Year After Annexation, Remembering The Crimea That Fought Back Yesterday, March 17th 11:29am · noreply@rferl.org (Ivan Putilov, Daisy Sindelar) · ukraine As Russia celebrates one year since its militarized annexation of Crimea, some residents on the peninsula are eager to remind the Kremlin that many people resisted the scheme -- and remain opposed to it today. The Crimean Desk of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. Russia rules out handing back Crimea, expands war games - Reuters Wednesday March 18 th , 2015 at 12:23 PM Russia - Google News 1 Share Reuters Russia rules out handing back Crimea, expands war games Reuters Russia's parliament approved the annexation on March 21 last year after Russian forces took control of the peninsula, which is home to Russia's Black Sea Fleet, and residents backed joining the Russian Federation in a referendum. Dismissing