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annex (Western sanctions were imposed on Russia after it annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in 2014. • In 2014, after mass protests forced out a pro-Russian Ukrainian president, Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, and supported a separatist war in eastern Ukraine that is still dragging on. (nytimes.com) • Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, a move that was met with tough economic sanctions by western countries. More than 13,000 people have been killed in fighting since.  theguardian.com 4uzhoj) |
