Russia tightens grip on Crimea despite Western warnings | EurActiv

Russia tightens grip on Crimea despite Western warnings | EurActiv

 Merkel delivered a rebuke to Putin on Sunday, telling him that a
referendum on whether Crimea should join Russia was illegal and violated
Ukraine's constitution.

 

 

The Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, a separate administrative entity