Sergey Aksyonov

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Sergey Aksyonov

Russian politician

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Ukraine
Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea
…the sitting government and installed Sergey Aksyonov, the leader of the Russian Unity Party, as Crimea’s prime minister. Voice and data links between Crimea and Ukraine were severed, and Russian authorities acknowledged that they had moved troops into the region. Turchynov criticized the action as a provocation and a violation…
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…the sitting government and installed Sergey Aksyonov, the leader of the Russian Unity Party, as Crimea’s prime minister. Voice and data links between Crimea and Ukraine were severed, and Russian authorities acknowledged that they had moved troops into the region. Turchynov criticized the action as a provocation and a violation…
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Russia-Ukraine War
The toppling of the Yanukovych government and the invasion of Crimea
…installed a new prime minister, Sergey Aksyonov, whose party had received only about 4 percent of the vote in the most recent elections. Members of the self-declared Crimean militia, backed by 25,000 troops and sailors attached to the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, took over government buildings and military…
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…installed a new prime minister, Sergey Aksyonov, whose party had received only about 4 percent of the vote in the most recent elections. Members of the self-declared Crimean militia, backed by 25,000 troops and sailors attached to the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, took over government buildings and military…
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