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Scientists Claim Crimea Is Literally Moving Closer to Russia


Russian officials have long argued that Crimea’s history and language make it Russian territory. Now Moscow is resorting to science to argue Crimea’s future lies closer to Russia than Ukraine.

Experts from Russia’s Academy of Science (RAN) claim that Crimea as a land mass has physically been moving towards Russia since 2014, when Moscow held an internationally unrecognized vote to take control of the peninsula.

Ukraine and a majority of U.N. countries condemned the vote, though this has not stopped Russia from establishing de facto control. According to Russian scientists, since that day the tectonic movement of the region has seen …read more

Source: Newsweek

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