“Krym – nash! Crimea is ours!” This was the slogan Russian authorities used for celebrating the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula – a process which started five years ago, in February 2014. Since then, the Crimean question has not only been a struggle over territory; the annexation also laid the ground for a struggle over truth, which remains until this day.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
EuroMaidan Press: Five years of disinformation didn’t make Crimea Russian
A man walks past a campaign billboard of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reading "Simferopol for a Strong Russia!" in Simferopol, Crimea, on March 15, 2018.
