Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree to make the anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine an official holiday dedicated to the Russian special operations forces.
The creation of a holiday to celebrate Russia’s special operations servicemen has been planned for some time and earlier this year Russian newspaper Izvestia reported that the Ministry of Defence had backed the plan, suggesting to mark the day on Putin’s birthday – October 7.
However the Russian president has now decided that the day will be annually marked on February 27, coinciding with the anniversary of the Crimean annexation. The decision came …read more
Source: Newsweek