Russia annexes Crimea
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In 2014, Russia annexed the strategic Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, a move seen by Kyiv and many other countries as illegal.
The crisis it caused was so acute the world seemed on the brink of a new cold war.
In 2022, one Crimean woman told Louise Hidalgo what it was like to live through.
(Photo: A soldier outside the Crimean parliament in 2014. Credit: Getty Images)
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