Why Crimea matters to Russia

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The Crimean peninsula had been “handed to” Vladimir Putin by Barack Obama, but now, “Crimea will stay with Russia”, United States President Donald Trump told Time Magazine in an interview published on Friday. Earlier this week, Trump pressed Ukraine to accept a peace deal under which the US would reportedly recognise Crimea — which Russia seized in 2014 — as Russian territory. Formally accepting Crimea as part of Russia would reverse a major American foreign policy position. Story continues below this ad Experts have pointed out that while it may be acceptable — even reasonable under the circumstances — to...