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Now playing Next no comment The Kerch Strait bridge is officially opened. The bridge across the Kerch Strait, which will connect the Crimean Peninsula and Krasnodar Region is officially opened. 15/05/2018
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Now playing Next Ukraine Russia gives Crimean Tatar leader eight years in jail Russia gives Crimean Tatar leader eight years jail in, say critics, a travesty of a trial. 11/09/2017
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Now playing Next Russia Crimea votes in Russian parliamentary elections amid protests from Ukraine Residents of Crimea are voting in Russian parliamentary elections for the first time since the peninsula was annexed from Ukraine in 2014. 18/09/2016
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