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Presidents Trump and Vladimir Putin hold a joint news conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on Monday.

Trump's Refusal To Back U.S. Intel Over Russia At Putin Summit Sparks Bipartisan Ire

4:38pm July 16, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The leaders held a stunning joint news conference after speaking privately for about two hours, just days after a grand jury indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents on election-related charges.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. The two leaders are expected to meet again over the summer.

President Trump Set To Meet With Russia's Putin

6:01pm June 27, 2018

by Scott Horsley

"Maybe something positive will come out of it," the president said. The date for the summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be announced on Thursday. It could come in July.

A view of the new bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula prior to its opening ceremony near Kerch, Crimea, Tuesday.

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Putin's Bridge Linking Russia To (Annexed) Crimea Opens

8:56pm May 15, 2018

The Russian leader jumped behind the wheel of an orange dump truck, leading the charge across the 12-mile bridge connecting the two regions for the first time in history.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between Britain and Russia, on Wednesday.

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Russia Promises Reprisals To U.K. As White House Calls Out Moscow Over Poison Attack

11:23am March 15, 2018

The leaders of France, Germany and the U.S. say, "We share the U.K. assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation" other than Russia being behind the attack.

Pedestrians pass by a billboard with an image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and lettering "Strong president - Strong Russia!" in Simferopol, Crimea in January.

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Exiles In Their Country, Crimean Dissidents Resist Russian Rule

9:42am February 23, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Crimeans who criticize Russia's annexation of their peninsula have a difficult road ahead, and say dozens have been jailed or have had to flee to other parts of Ukraine.

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet similar to the one that the U.S. says made an "unsafe" pass of a U.S. EP-3 reconnaissance plane in the Black Sea.

Russian Fighter Flies Within 5 Feet Of U.S. Reconnaissance Plane Over Black Sea

9:42am January 30, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The State Department says that the encounter between a Russian Su-27 fighter and a propeller-driven U.S. Navy EP-3 put the American crew at risk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov meet face to face in the Kremlin in Moscow in February 2016.

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Putin's Man In Crimea: We've 'Returned To Russia Forever'

4:08pm January 27, 2018

by Lucian Kim

As the U.S. issues more sanctions over the Ukraine conflict and Russia's annexation of Crimea, Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov speaks with NPR in Simferopol and lays out his vision for the region.

A spiraling torque from the second century A.D. is displayed as part of the exhibit called The Crimea - Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea in 2014 at Allard Pierson historical museum in Amsterdam.

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PHOTOS: Dutch Court Decides Crimean Treasures Must Go To Ukraine

3:44pm December 14, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

When Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, many of the region's most precious artifacts were on loan to a Dutch museum. A court has now ruled that the objects must go to Ukraine, not Crimea.

Cheburek, a thin, deep-fried pocket of cheese, meat or mushrooms are a best seller at Musafir. The Tatar restaurant has become an asylum-seeker of sorts in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, in the wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea.

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Forced Out Of Crimea, Tatar Restaurant Finds Solidarity Among Kiev Diners

3:00pm November 11, 2016

by Morgan Childs

Musafir was once one of Crimea's most popular restaurants, serving Tatar food. But this ethnic group has been persecuted since Russian annexation. The eatery has found a welcoming refuge in Ukraine.

The zigzagging route of the Crimea Bridge, seen from the Russian side, bristles with cranes and construction equipment. The $4.3 billion project is expected to be finished in 2019.

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Russia's Crimea Bridge Project Beset By Engineering Worries And Labor Woes

6:37pm August 16, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

Russia is racing to build a bridge to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014. The strategically vital project is beset by charges of near-slave labor for workers and engineering concerns.

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