A view to Sevastopol on August 12, 2015, Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill in March 2014 to annexe the Crimean peninsula but Ukraine and most of the international community do not recognise its annexation. © Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images Demographic Crime: How Russia is Repopulating Occupied Territories Such actions are a flagrant violation of international laws which protects civilians in wartime. 4 Nov 25
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