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18 Mar 2023, 18:34 GMT+10
The Russian leader toured an art school and a children's center in Sevastopol
President Vladimir Putin has travelled Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula's reunification with Russia.
The head of state toured a children's arts school on Saturday and also visited 'Korsun,' a branch of the renowned international children's center Artek, which dates back to the Soviet era. Putin also took a look at how the construction of the Tauric Chersonesos historical and archaeological park is proceeding.
Chersonesos was an ancient Greek colony which was founded about 2,500 years ago and is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the governor of Sevastopol, said the city authorities were poised to open the art school on Saturday, and "everything was ready for a videoconference" with the president.
However, Putin came there in person, the governor said. "Because on such a historic day, the president is always with Sevastopol and the people of Sevastopol," he added.
Razvozhayev went on to say that the idea of the archaeological park, which was suggested by Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov) of the Russian Orthodox Church and supported by Putin, "is being implemented at an incredible pace thanks to military builders."
The Crimean peninsula overwhelmingly voted to join Russia in a public referendum after a Western-backed coup in Kiev in 2014. On March 18 that year, Putin signed the law on Crimea's ascension to Russia. Neither Western countries, nor Ukraine recognized the move, with Kiev on numerous occasions since then vowing to take the peninsula back.
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