Russian President Vladimir Putin looks in a window aboard a helicopter while flying over the construction site of the Kerch Strait bridge in Crimea, Friday. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Crimea on Friday to mark the second anniversary of the peninsula’s annexation and inspect construction of a bridge meant to link it to mainland Russia.Russia’s annexation of Crimea, followed by a Moscow-backed rebellion in eastern Ukraine, prompted the West to impose economic sanctions against Russia that, along with slumping oil prices, contributed to the sharp devaluation of Russia’s currency. Russia annexed Crimea in …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
