It briefly regained independence as a Tatar republic two centuries later before being swallowed by the Soviet Union.In 1944, ...

The United Nations General Assembly, the United States and many other countries condemned the annexation, and the U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia over its moves. Few countries ...

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 illegal 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 ...

Russia kept a foot in the door, however: Its Black Sea Fleet had a base in the city of Sevastopol, and Crimea — as part of Ukraine — continued to host it. Sevastopol also was a preferred ...

Russia kept a foot in the door, however: Its Black Sea Fleet had a base in the city of Sevastopol, and Crimea — as part of Ukraine — continued to host it. Sevastopol also was a preferred ...

A Russian politician appointed by President Vladimir Putin as governor of Russian-annexed Crimea's largest city went on trial in London on Tuesday, charged with breaching British sanctions in the ...

LONDON - A Russian politician appointed by President Vladimir Putin as governor of Russian-annexed Crimea's largest city went on trial in London on Tuesday, charged with breaching British ...