Vladimir Putin travels to Crimea for the anniversary of the annexation

Vladimir Putin on Crimean soil, a first since the Russian offensive in Ukraine in February 2022. A moment chosen that is anything but anecdotal since March 18 is the anniversary date of the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. The surprise and highly symbolic visit takes place in an art school for children. The head of the Kremlin will not make any statement before leaving behind the wheel of his car, well escorted.

The annexation of Crimea supported by the Russian people

A trip that comes the day after a shock decision in The Hague (Netherlands), the International Court having issued an international arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin for war crimes. In the streets of Moscow, this announcement is a detail and we prefer to talk about Crimea. “It is reunification, it is the return of our peninsula which was also given to Ukraine by Nikita Khrushchev”says a Muscovite.