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Russia’s “velvet occupation” of Crimea began 30 years ago – expert
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Ukrinform [en] · Eastern Europe
Russia had been preparing to annex Crimea almost from the first days of Ukraine’s independence. In particular, a so-called Luzhkov program was launched in the 1990s to finance and develop infrastructure projects on the peninsula.
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