The UN
General Assembly on 27 March 2014 passed the non-binding resolution that refuses recognition of
annexation of Crimean peninsula by Russia from Ukraine. This resolution was
supported by 110 countries, opposed by 11 and abstained by 58 (including India)
in the 193-nation assembly.
Russia has described this resolution as
counterproductive and the Russian Foreign Ministry has termed the resolution as
an effort to complicate the internal political crisis of Ukraine.
Apart from this in another incident, the US
President Barack Obama has urged Russia to stop intimidating Ukraine and reduce
number of troops on its border area. This action of US President came following
the Russian action, in which it had massed a forced of thousands of troops
(around 30000 troops) close to the eastern frontier of Ukraine.
Earlier, Russia claimed that the troops are
there for military exercises. But earlier, similar steps were practiced by the
yesteryear, Russian leaders during the Cold War.
The
accession of Crimea in the Russian Federation was signed between Russia and
Crimea on 18 March 2014 in Kremlin in Moscow. This was done following the
referendum voted by the residents of Crimea (maximum of which are ethnic
Russian) to break away from Ukraine and join Russia on 7 March 2014. This
referendum was termed as illegal by Ukraine and the Western powers.
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