The Crimea peninsula is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea connect to Ukraine by a narrow isthmus. It has been an important crossroads in trading networks for millennia with a ...

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The Crimean Peninsula, located at the northern center of the Black Sea, dominates the region’s geography—hence Putin’s unlawful seizure in 2014. With Crimea, Russia effectively controls the ...