The 2014 annexation of Crimea
A personal account of how Russia took over the Crimean peninsula in 2014
Witness History · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In 2014, Russia annexed the strategic Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. Although Crimea was also home to a large Russian naval base, the annexation was seen by Kyiv and the world as illegal. The crisis it caused was so acute, the world seemed on the brink of a new cold war. Louise Hidalgo has been speaking to one Crimean woman who lived through it.
PHOTO: A soldier without identifying insignia outside the Crimean parliament in 2014 (Getty Images)