Tag: Crimea

Trump Won’t Follow Congressional Directives on Russia and Crimea

The following article by Niels Lesniewski was posted on the Roll Call website August 14, 2018:

Defense authorization signing statement effectively discards restrictions on recognizing Crimea as Russian

Alexander Zemlianichenko, File, AP

President Donald Trump objects to an effort by Congress to prevent his administration from recognizing Crimea as part of Russia.

Crimea is a region in Ukraine that has been occupied by Russia for several years, with the Russian Federation having claimed to have annexed the region in March 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed the territorial matter is settled, but many in Washington disagree.

Language in the fiscal 2019 defense authorization, which Trump signed into law Monday during a ceremony at Fort Drum in upstate New York, purported to impose a funding blockade on the Pentagon acting on recognition of Crimea as part of Russia.

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Russian state TV touts Trump on Crimea: ‘Crimea is ours! Trump is ours!’

The following article by Caroline Orr was posted on the ShareBlue.com website June 16, 2018:

Russian state media is celebrating after Trump told G7 leaders that Crimea belongs to Russia because everyone who lives there speaks Russian.

Credit: J. Scott Applewhite, AP

Russian state TV is celebrating after seeing the recent report that Trump told G7 leaders that Crimea belongs to Russia because the people there speak Russian.

Trump’s statement, which parrots the Kremlin’s talking points on Crimea, was widely interpreted in Russia as an official declaration by the U.S. that Russia was justified when they illegally invaded Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. Continue reading “Russian state TV touts Trump on Crimea: ‘Crimea is ours! Trump is ours!’”