The Crimean government on Jan. 21 expropriated the region's biggest power generation and grid company from its Ukrainian oligarch owner after spats with Kyiv caused severe electricity outages last month.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Moscow Times: Crimea seizes power plant from Ukrainian oligarch
Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov looks on before signing a treaty on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula becoming part of Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow on March 18, 2014.
