Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Аннексия Крыма Российской Федерацией" in Russian language version.
The region voted heavily for Viktor Yanukovych in the 2010 presidential election, and many people there believe he is the victim of a coup - prompting separatists in Crimea's parliament to vote for joining the Russian Federation and a referendum on secession.
Within barely a week of Yanukovich's flight from country and his replacement with an interim president in Kyiv, a covert Russian special operation replaced the local government in Crimea with Russian proxies and directed them to prepare the region for Russian annexation.
the unidentified gunmen who took the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol early in the morning of February 27 were also Russian servicemen.
Tensions in the Russian-majority Crimea soared after ethnic Russians established checkpoints on roads and raised vigilante defence groups in response to what many there see as an illegitimate coup by far-Right forces in Kiev.
{{cite news}}: Указан более чем один параметр |author= and |last= (справка)The region voted heavily for Viktor Yanukovych in the 2010 presidential election, and many people there believe he is the victim of a coup - prompting separatists in Crimea's parliament to vote for joining the Russian Federation and a referendum on secession.
Tensions in the Russian-majority Crimea soared after ethnic Russians established checkpoints on roads and raised vigilante defence groups in response to what many there see as an illegitimate coup by far-Right forces in Kiev.
the unidentified gunmen who took the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol early in the morning of February 27 were also Russian servicemen.
{{cite news}}: Указан более чем один параметр |author= and |last= (справка)Within barely a week of Yanukovich's flight from country and his replacement with an interim president in Kyiv, a covert Russian special operation replaced the local government in Crimea with Russian proxies and directed them to prepare the region for Russian annexation.