Crimea

France’s Marine Le Pen to recognize Crimea as Russia if elected president

“After the referendum, which showed the consent of the people to join Russia, I will also recognize Crimea as part of Russia,” stated Le Pen, noting that Crimea was only considered to be a part of Ukraine due to a Soviet administrative issue, but in reality the peninsula “was never Ukrainian,” she concluded in an interview with Russia’s Izvestia.
According to Le Pen, the fact that the will of the Crimean people has not yet been recognized by the wider international community and the UN is a “cause for regret.”

US Troops “Roll Into Poland” In Largest Deployment Since Cold War

U.S. Army vehicles cross the Polish border in Olszyna, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 heading for their new base in Zagan. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
(ANALYSIS) — “American soldiers rolled into Poland on Thursday, fulfilling a dream Poles have had since the fall of communism in 1989 to have U.S. troops on their soil as a deterrent against Russia.”

Carter Page: Western Media Coverage of Ukraine, Crimea is Good Example of ‘Fake News’

21st Century Wire says…
It’s refreshing to see an intelligent, successful American speaking confidently about how utterly corrupt the western media have become.  
Former Trump advisor Carter Page said the unsayable this week, calling out establishment politicians and their media cohorts over their imaginary portrayal of events over the last 3 years regarding the Ukraine and Crimea.
Page is right.

Kiev to hold missile-firing exercise over Crimea, where civil aviation performs flights – Moscow

RT | November 25, 2016 Ukraine has made a unilateral decision to organize missile-firing exercises over Crimea, in the sovereign airspace of the Russian Federation, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya reported. Missiles will be fired in regions where civil and state aviation flights run. Kiev’s move breaches a number of international laws and agreements, […]