"Novorossiya" or "New Russia": Putin only briefly mentioned that term during a five-hour, televised question-and-answer session this month. But his revival of that geographic title for southern and eastern Ukraine—territory won from the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th century by Catherine the Great— is resonating among Russians today.
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Pro-Russian activists rally in Crimea.
