The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since ...

(Reuters) - The Crimean peninsula ... The conflict reshaped Europe and paved the way for World War One. In 1921, the peninsula, then populated mainly by Muslim Tatars, became part of the Soviet ...

Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula ... t be able to steal” the peninsula. Russia’s relations with the West plummeted to new lows. The United States, the European Union and other ...

Crimea Has Been a Battleground ... t be able to steal” the peninsula. Russia’s relations with the West plummeted to new lows. The United States, the European Union and other countries imposed ...