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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has sent a note of protest to Russia over the Yalta International Economic Forum held in Crimea on April 20-22.

“The conduct of the aforesaid event is a gross violation by the Russian Federation of the national sovereignty of Ukraine, the Ukrainian laws, and of the generally accepted norms of international law,” the ministry said in a commentary released by its press office o April 20.