{"id":1900784,"date":"2023-03-18T18:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T22:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-makes-unexpected-trip-to-crimea-on-annexation-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T18:44:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T22:44:15","slug":"putin-makes-unexpected-trip-to-crimea-on-annexation-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-makes-unexpected-trip-to-crimea-on-annexation-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin makes unexpected trip to Crimea on annexation anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-makes-unexpected-trip-to-crimea-on-annexation-anniversary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1900784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 col-lg-8 col-xl-9 float-left body colgap-l-50\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79070551\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. The ICC announced the warrant on Friday and said he was \u201callegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.\u201d\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M30S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-17 16:27:14\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1264523_th_1679070434.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1264523.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79070551\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1264523\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">R<\/span>ussian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced visit to Crimea on Saturday to commemorate the ninth anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Putin was welcomed by Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, the biggest city in Crimea, and was given a tour of a new children&#8217;s center and art school. Officials in Crimea were also reportedly surprised by the visit, according to <i>Reuters<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p><b>The International Criminal Court and Putin&#8217;s Arrest Warrant<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea, which was followed by a full-scale invasion of Ukraine eight years later. Ukraine has been fighting to regain control of the peninsula ever since but Russia has refused to relinquish control. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">                 Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev visit the Children&#8217;s Art and Aesthetic center, part of Chersonesos Taurica historical and archeological park in Sevastopol, Crimea, Saturday, March 18, 2023. Putin has traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula&#8217;s annexation from Ukraine. (Sputnik, Kremlin Press Service Pool Photo via AP)                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSecurity issues obviously take top priority for Crimea and Sevastopol now,\u201d Putin stated on Friday. \u201cWe will do everything needed to fend off any threats.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The visit came a day after the International Criminal Court in the Hague issued an arrest warrant for Putin on Friday. On Thursday, the United Nations determined that Putin&#8217;s forceful deportation of children from Ukraine was a war crime. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Putin is] allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation,&#8221; the warrant stated. <\/p>\n<p><b>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Putin has yet to comment on the arrest warrant, but a Kremlin spokesperson has dismissed the move as &#8220;null and void,&#8221; and characterized the questions raised by the ICC as &#8220;outrageous and unacceptable.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The ICC has also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the Commissioner for Children\u2019s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, whom they accused of sharing responsibility for the deportations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/putin-surprise-crimea-trip-annexation-anniversary\">Putin makes unexpected trip to Crimea on annexation anniversary<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unexpected trip to Crimea Saturday for the ninth anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine. Putin was greeted by Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Crimea&#8217;s largest city, and was shown a new children&#8217;s center and art school. 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