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112.ua: Canada condemns opening of Kerch Strait Bridge in Crimea

Published May 17, 2018 at 10:41 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin drives a construction truck across the new 19 kilometres (12 miles) road-and-rail Crimean Bridge over the Kerch Strait linking mainland Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea during the opening ceremony on May 15, 2018.Vladimir Putin inaugurated the bridge consisting of parallel road and railway sections that link southern Russia to the Crimean peninsula which was annexed from Ukraine in 2014, a highly symbolic project he has personally championed. Built at a cost of 228 billion rubles ($3.69 billion), the new structure connects the southern Krasnodar region with the Crimean city of Kerch, spanning a strait between the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Alexander NEMENOV

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The opening of the Kerch Strait Bridge in Crimea is another violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. This was stated by the Foreign Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland on May 16.

“Canada condemns the construction and partial opening today of the Kerch Strait Bridge,” it was stated.