Russia has started military exercises in the country's south, as well as in Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and in Crimea, annexed from Ukraine last year, news agency RIA reported on March 12, citing Russia's Defence Ministry.
Reuters: Russia holds military drills in Crimea, Georgian breakaway regions – RIA
Participant of Crimean \"walrus\" club bathes in the Black sea in the Crimea city of Yevpatoriya on Jan. 7, 2015. The temperature in Yevpatoriya dropped down today to -12C (10 F).
