It's been more than two years since Russia re-claimed the peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine. At the time, Russia pointed towards historical precedents and a referendum as justification for its move, but many countries viewed it as an aggressive and belligerent act of annexation.
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A couple walks past a graffito depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Crimean city of Simferopol on August 18, 2015.
