Crimea celebrates as region joins Russia
4,057 views · Published 22 March 2014 · 2:59 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
Thousands of people celebrated in the Crimean capital of Simferopol after the region broke away from Ukraine and was formally accepted into the Russian Federation. Celebrations in regional capital Simperofol were timed to coincide with a similar event taking place in Moscow. Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports.
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