- Latest news on the region of Crimea, a peninsula de facto under the control of the Russian Federation, internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.
- The Russian population greeted the absorption of Crimea into Russia with great approval, indeed, even with enthusiasm.
- Crimea is 200 miles/322 km from Sochi, where the 2014 Winter Olympics took place. The first time Russia annexed Crimea was under Catherine the Great in 1783.
- Crimea—or the Tauric Peninsula, as it was formerly known—has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the Pontic–Caspian steppe.
- Deutsch: Krim - ist eine Halbinsel im nördlichen Schwarzen Meer und autonome Republik innerhalb der Ukraine mit einer Fläche von 26.100 km² und rund 2...
- And Crimea — which rests about 200 miles (322 km) northwest of Sochi, Russia — enjoys the same mild, year-round climate as the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
- Crimea. large peninsula at the north end of the Black Sea, Modern Latin, from Greek Krimm, Krym, of uncertain origin.
- In 2014, in an internationally disputed referendum, Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine and reintegrate with Russia.
- Moscow wants to embolden ethnic Russians living in southeastern Ukraine and also preserve its access to Crimea’s military bases and ports.