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The Crimean status referendum of 2014 was a disputed referendum on March 16, 2014, concerning the status of Crimea that was conducted in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (both subdivisions of Ukraine) after Russian forces seized control of Crimea.
Mar 27, 2014 · Tensions continued to mount in the Crimea region, where Russian troops and armoured vehicles were deployed in February and a secession referendum was later held, in which, according to the...
Mar 16, 2014 · SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — With thousands of heavily armed Russian troops occupying this perennially embattled peninsula, an overwhelming majority of Crimeans voted on Sunday to secede from Ukraine...
Mar 13, 2024 · RFE/RL. On March 16, 2014, an illegal referendum was held in Crimea as unmarked Russian soldiers, supported by some of the peninsula’s ethnic Russian population, seized public buildings and...
Sep 28, 2022 · The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums in parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia recall a vote in 2014 in Crimea that took place under the watch of armed soldiers and was quickly followed by...
Mar 16, 2014 · Updated 2:01 AM PDT, March 16, 2014. SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Crimea voted Sunday in a hastily organized referendum about whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, in defiance of broad condemnation from the international community, which has described the process as illegitimate.
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Mar 16, 2014 · Some 95.5% of voters in Crimea have supported joining Russia, officials say, after half the votes have been counted in a disputed referendum. Crimea's leader says he will apply to join...
