Five years after Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, Russian State Duma Speaker Viacheslav Volodin has claimed it was Ukraine that annexed Crimea and should pay ‘compensation’. This is not the first time that a Russian parliamentary speaker has come out with such nonsense, but Volodin’s claims went much further, with the hope presumably that the economic woes that Russian occupation has brought Crimea could be blamed on Ukraine.
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Halya Coynash: Russia wants compensation for annexing Crimea
Motorists parade with their cars decorated with flags to mark the fifth anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea, in Sevastopol on March 16, 2019.
