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In response to the armed fascist coup of a democratically elected president, Russian soldiers landed in Crimea the same month.  Because many of the people living in Crimea are ethnic Russians, there was an ongoing dispute whether Crimea belongs to Ukraine or to [[Russia]].<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-warns-russia-over-military-moves-crimea</ref> On March 11, 2014, Crimea declared its independence from the illegally US-installed Ukrainian regime.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2578160/Ukraines-fugitive-president-blasts-bandit-regime-says-country-heading-civil-war.html</ref> On March 16, 2014, Russia sponsored a referendum in Crimea about joining Russia. As a result of it 95.5% of voters supported joining Russia.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26599776</ref>  The decision of the voters was ratified by the Russian Duma.  Since March 18, 2014, Russia claims Crimea as a part of its territory.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/18/russia-moves-to-annex-crimea-laughs-at-us-sanctions/</ref> [[Afghanistan]], [[Cuba]], [[Nicaragua]], [[North Korea]], [[Russia]], [[Syria]] and [[Venezuela]] recognized Crimea as a part of Russia.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/world/asia/breaking-with-the-west-afghan-leader-supports-russias-annexation-of-crimea.html?ref=asia&_r=1</ref>  

In response to the armed fascist coup of a democratically elected president, Russian soldiers landed in Crimea the same month.  Because many of the people living in Crimea are ethnic Russians, there was an ongoing dispute whether Crimea belongs to Ukraine or to [[Russia]].<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-warns-russia-over-military-moves-crimea</ref> On March 11, 2014, Crimea declared its independence from the illegally US-installed Ukrainian regime.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2578160/Ukraines-fugitive-president-blasts-bandit-regime-says-country-heading-civil-war.html</ref> On March 16, 2014, Russia sponsored a referendum in Crimea about joining Russia. As a result of it 95.5% of voters supported joining Russia.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26599776</ref>  The decision of the voters was ratified by the Russian Duma.  Since March 18, 2014, Russia claims Crimea as a part of its territory.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/18/russia-moves-to-annex-crimea-laughs-at-us-sanctions/</ref> [[Afghanistan]], [[Cuba]], [[Nicaragua]], [[North Korea]], [[Russia]], [[Syria]] and [[Venezuela]] recognized Crimea as a part of Russia.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/world/asia/breaking-with-the-west-afghan-leader-supports-russias-annexation-of-crimea.html?ref=asia&_r=1</ref>  

In response, the United States and Europe imposed the [[Magnitsky Act]] sanctions sponsored by Sen. [[John McCain]] against Russian trade.  

In response, the United States and Europe imposed the [[Magnitsky Act]] sanctions sponsored by Sen. John McCain against Russian trade.  

As a result of the reincorporation of Crimea, the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and the [[Lugansk People's Republic]] declared their independence and created a confederation called "[[Novorossiya|Federal State of Novorossiya]]".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140607011548/http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_05_24/Donetsk-Lugansk-Peoples-Republics-unite-in-Novorossiya-1012/</ref> Novorossiya was dissolved in May 2015 but the separate Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics however still exist. In June 2014 [[Petro Poroshenko]] was elected as new president of the Western-installed Kyiv regime<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/poroshenko-sworn-ukraines-president-073208251.html</ref> and [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] became prime minister. Since then the U.S.-backed Ukrainian regime backed neo-Nazi paramilitary terror attacks against the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics.  When President Donald Trump attempted to hold back military aid to the fascist Kyiv regime, U.S. [[Democratic party|Democrats]] impeached him.

As a result of the reincorporation of Crimea, the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and the [[Lugansk People's Republic]] declared their independence and created a confederation called "[[Novorossiya|Federal State of Novorossiya]]".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140607011548/http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_05_24/Donetsk-Lugansk-Peoples-Republics-unite-in-Novorossiya-1012/</ref> Novorossiya was dissolved in May 2015 but the separate Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics however still exist. In June 2014 [[Petro Poroshenko]] was elected as new president of the Western-installed Kyiv regime<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/poroshenko-sworn-ukraines-president-073208251.html</ref> and [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] became prime minister. Since then the U.S.-backed Ukrainian regime backed neo-Nazi paramilitary terror attacks against the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics.  When President Donald Trump attempted to hold back military aid to the fascist Kyiv regime, U.S. [[Democratic party|Democrats]] impeached him.

===Impeachment 2.0: 2019-2020===

===Impeachment 2.0: 2019-2020===

{{See also|Impeachment sham}}

{{See also|Impeachment sham}}

In December 2016 Sens. [[Lindsey Graham]] and [[John McCain]] visited the Azov Battalion. Graham told them "Your fight is our fight, 2017 will be the year of offense" to retake Crimea.<ref>https://twitter.com/HTTP_404_NotF/status/1499850899690242048</ref>  However, the election of Donald Trump a month earlier interrupted the [[neocon]] [[globalist]] agenda for war with Russia.  When the Trump-Russia collusion hoax and [[Mueller investigation]] failed to remove President Trump, undeterred, [[Ukranian nationalist]]s and their American collaborators attempted to impeach President Trump in the fall and winter of 2020 for not enthusiastically supporting war with Russia over Ukraine.

In December 2016 Sens. [[Lindsey Graham]] and John McCain visited the Azov Battalion. Graham told them "Your fight is our fight, 2017 will be the year of offense" to retake Crimea.<ref>https://twitter.com/HTTP_404_NotF/status/1499850899690242048</ref>  However, the election of Donald Trump a month earlier interrupted the [[neocon]] [[globalist]] agenda for war with Russia.  When the Trump-Russia collusion hoax and [[Mueller investigation]] failed to remove President Trump, undeterred, [[Ukranian nationalist]]s and their American collaborators attempted to impeach President Trump in the fall and winter of 2020 for not enthusiastically supporting war with Russia over Ukraine.

===Russia-Ukraine war: 2022===

===Russia-Ukraine war: 2022===