Anexted Crimea News Today

As long as the tanks are there, we have to be prepared to deal with them. or ukraine has to deal with them. >> you alluded just a second ago, in 2014 when russia anexted crimea, you were there. and in the bush years, both bush and obama responded with sanctions on russia. sanctions that dont seem to have stopped putins ambitions at all. are you confident that the sanctions that president biden is threatening would actually work? >> yeah. youre talking about crippling sanctions. what the key here...

Russia claims ukraine sent warships through the kerch strait without permission. the russian embassy posted on its facebook we call upon the united states to finally curb their ukrainian stooges. the current neo-nazi lawlessness in ukraine must end. unclear what the united states is considering in response. ambassador haley mentioned the united states will maintain the sanctions on russia for other 2014 seizure of crimea where this is all happening. >> bill: what if it escalates even further? >>...

Watch this. >> we know action more important than comments. were waiting for the very strong position of the united states leadership of the united states. we still count and i think it will continue our military assistance to ukraine. >> bill: you mentioned it. will russia pay consequences? what will president trump do in return? >> lets first remember ukraine and russia are at war. russia illegally an nexted crimea and providing military support to sprapists and attacking ukraine with massive ...

Questions. why is putin, why does he continue to target ukraine do you believe? >> i think at the heart of it what scares vladimir putin the most is democracy. especially in the former soviet union whose collapse putins said with the greatest disaster of the 20th century. ukraine has a sizeable russian speaking population committed to enhancing their relationship with the european union and becoming a nato member. thats a threat for putin. the latest move is designed really to strangle ukraines ...

Content farms in macedonia, these thousand trolls, these tense of thousands of bots, because you know what? we have every right to have a vigorous debate in america, but we dont want it be interfered with and sub bornd by putin and his allies. >> now, while full disclosure, i have a family member who works at facebook, rachel referred to this in shorthand as hillary clintons facebook answer. and it seems to me things at facebook are about to get damned interesting as they hearing calls like that...

The country today, commemorations for that third anniversary of putin signing that order absorbing crimea into the russian territory. replaying, theres a student concert thats going to be happening here in moscow, so this is not something they are willing to discuss and i think there was a certain amount of hope when the trump administration took over in washington that the u.s. might be willing to soften its stance, certainly the reason that candidate trump was so popular in russia was that he ...

Experimenting with local products instead of products from abroad. i only serve local food made from local ingredients, he says. we just drive around here and pick the suppliers. we go to oyster farms and trout farms. of course many things harder to come by because of international sanctions slapped on russia for the annexation of crimea, but general manager of the hotel says business is still going well. theres a tendency for guests to stay longer than they used to, she says. people used to spe...

Heavily criticized by the u.n., and the eu. the u.s. says sanctions will remain until the territory is returned to ukraine. and despite the positive development, much of crimea remains like this. poor with little economic development. much of the holdup coming down to logistics. there is no direct land route from russia to crimea. planes and these ferries the only way for russians to get there. cars are often stuck in traffic for days, this woman says. and sometimes the connection is disrupted b...

On and off the peninsula. for now, however, the bridge like much of the integration of crimea into russia remains a work in progress. cnn, on the crimean peninsula. >> clair, this question about crimea, the pressure remains for russia to return crimea to ukraine, but is that even a consideration in the russian capital or is that just a nonstarter? >> its not a consideration at all, george. this is a closed issue in russia. russia is simply not willing to digs cu discuss any discussion of returni...

Annexation is affecting the people there. >> reporter: it was the final pen streak at the end of a brazen land grab. signing the order to annex crimea three years ago. crimea has always been and remains an inseparable part of russia, he said. this conviction based on truth and fairness has always been present and passed from generation to generation. both time and circumstances could not erase it. its important to remember that crimea has been home to russias black sea naval fleet for over 200 y...