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• n  a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

• Crimea

News & Articles

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• Picture Story: Inside a Cossack Youth Camp
  Maxim Dondyuk photographed a Crimea-Sich summer camp in Ukraine for two weeks, where young Cossack boys learned combat and survival skills including supervised training with real weapons and live ammunition.
  July 28, 2013 - PDNonline

Quotes

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• Bernard Kouchner in International Herald Tribune
  It is not impossible. I repeat, it's very dangerous,Kouchner told Europe-1 radio. "There are other objectives that we can assume are objectives for Russia, in particular Crimea, Ukraine and Moldova."
• Vladimir Putin in Reuters
  We have many partners in the energy sector. We have no need to build military bases around the world. I would ask our partners not to approach us with similar requests,Putin said. "The Crimea is a special case."
• David Nabarro in USA Today
  The likely means is by migrating wild birds traveling from north to south, and one of the main migratory routes passes from Siberia through the Black Sea area, including Crimea and on to west Africa,Nabarro said. "The alternative is that...