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A top Russian TV presenter's gaffe about the status of the annexed territory of Crimea has provoked mockery from social media users. Dmitry Kiselyov was presenting state TV's flagship weekly news programme Vesti Nedeli on June 5, which included a report on the annual Aviadarts military aircraft competition, this year being held in Crimea. When the piece ended, Mr Kiselyov introduced the next report with the words: "And now back to Russia..."

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