Once I was President of Crimea
Yuri Meshkov, who was once the president of Crimea, remembers his removal from office
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
May 6, 20149m 2s
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Show Notes
Yuri Meshkov, who was elected president of Crimea in 1994, shares his memories of losing office a year later when the Ukrainian government accused him of being a separatist working in the interests of Moscow.
(Photo: Yuri Meshkov in 1995. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)