On this present day 11 years in the past, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in a transfer now not known through the world neighborhood.
The annexation and the battle between Kyiv’s forces and Russia-backed rebels in jap Ukraine would set the level for Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022.
The annexation has develop into a central a part of the Kremlin’s patriotic propaganda efforts, and in previous years has been celebrated with a live performance rally at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium.
This 12 months’s celebrations have been extra muted, with sporadic patriotic demonstrations in faculties and towns around the nation.
Here’s a take a look at the occasions in annexed Crimea and in different places in Russia:
