Trump is expected that Russia return the Crimea to Ukraine

The President of the United States Donald Trump clearly said that Russia expected to return Crimea to Ukraine and to reduce violence in the country, said White House spokesman Sean Spicer."President Trump made it clear that the Russian government expects to reduce the violence in Ukraine and to return the Crimea," said Spicer daily briefing."At the same time, he fully expects and wants to have good relations with Russia," he added, according to Reuters.

Around 10,000 people have been killed since the Ukrainian eastern industrial regions with the Russian-speaking majority launched a rebellion against the pro-Western government in Kiev in April 2014.

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Kiev and the West accuse Russia of backing the rebels and sent troops across the border, which Moscow denies.Relations between Ukraine and Russia in recent years have fallen to a low level after the Kiev overthrew the pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in the midst of massive protests that sought closer relationship with the West.Moscow's response to the overthrow of the president in 2014 was the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea in March this year, where there is a large Russian naval base and offering a great support to the pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.

The United States and the European Union introduced sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea, and these sanctions have repeatedly expanded and refurbished.

• 15 Feb, 2017
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