Crimean speech of Vladimir Putin

On 18 March 2014, Russian president Vladimir Putin gave a speech to both chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in connection with the request for admission by the Crimean parliament of the republic in the Russian Federation. He spoke in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in the Moscow Kremlin.

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In the same place, Putin delivered another speech on December 4, 2014 that also picked out the Crimea as a central theme.

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