Russia invades Crimea

On February 28th, 2014 armed men with no identifying markings, initially called polite armed men in green or polite people, but later identified as Russian GRU Spetsnaz forces left Russian military bases on Crimea in unmarked military vehicles and briefly secured a small number of strategic locations on Crimea, including the Parliament Building and and the Simerfopol International Airport. Western mainstream media however reported the evens as a full scale military invasion and occupation of Crimea, with armored columns entering from Russia and occupying every part of the peninsula. The Wikipedia article on these events, which bases itself on what it calls "reliable sources", i.e mainstream media, repeats these claims. This page looks at the evidence for these allegations.

1774-1783
Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774)
 * Wikipedia (Eng)
 * Wikipedia (Rus)
 * In 1783, articles of treaties relating to the independence of Crimea were annulled - the Crimean Khanate was annexed to the Russian Empire; December 28, 1783 Russia and Turkey signed the "Act on Peace, Trade and the Borders of Both States", which repealed article 3 of the Kuchuk-Kainardzhi peace treaty on the independence of the Crimean Khanate.

2015

 * Senator "Duped" Into Using Old Photos to Promote New War With Russia - Adam Weinstein, 12 Feb 2015
 * Three Airborne Forces units awarded Guards status for "unknown accomplishments" - 3/25/2015

2016
Cassad The victims of the Crimean Spring are considered to be 5 people, who died during 3 episodes.
 * 1. February 26, 2014 - Simferopol - 2 people. (Постный Виктор Андреевич, Коренева Валентина Даниловна )link.
 * 2. 18 March 2014 - Simferopol - 2 people. (Прапорщик Сергей Кокурин, Ополченец Руслан Казаков)  UAF ensign Sergey Kokurin-killed by unknown sniper; opolchenie member Ruslan Kazakov, also killed by unknown sniper.
 * 3. April 6, 2014 - Novofedorivka - 1 person. (Станислав Карачевский). UAF major, killed after a domestic conflict-  link.

2017

 * Why Ukrainian forces gave up Crimea without a fight - and NATO is alert - Pavel Polityuk and Anton Zverev, Reuters, July 24, 2017

2018

 * How did the Russians take over Crimea? A report after 4 years of those memorable events - Piotr Andrusieczko, Outriders, March 1, 2018

Video

 * Как правильно разгонять Майданы! Учебное пособие из Керчи 22 02 2014 (How to overclock Maidana! Textbook of Kerch February 22, 2014)
 * Kerch, Crimea, February 22th, 2014. The public speaker makes a bad music choice. The audience goes mad: Rossiya, Rossiya!