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RFE/RL: White House says US still rejects Russia’s annexation of Crimea

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Published July 3, 2018 at 9:47 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a speech during the opening ceremony of the road-and-rail Crimean Bridge over the Kerch Strait on May 15, 2018. Vladimir Putin inaugurated the 19 kilometres (12 miles) 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.

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A White House spokeswoman said the United States continues to reject Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula, days after President Donald Trump cast doubt on that position.

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on July 2 that the US sanctions imposed on Moscow following the 2014 annexation would remain until Moscow reversed its decision.