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UNIAN: Media reports European politicians visit economic forum in occupied Crimea

By UNIAN.

Published April 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm

(Archive photo) A young man paints a symbolic map of Ukraine, with the colour red distinguishing the Donetsk region, Luhansk region and Crimea, and writing which reads "The map of Ukraine's losses" in front of the Parliament in Kyiv on April 30, 2014 to protest against what they consider as the central government's passivity in the eastern regions of the country.

Photo by AFP

Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF) has opened in the Russian-occupied Crimea, with participation of a number of pro-Russian European politicians.

According to organizers, some 3,000 guests from 60 countries will take part in the event to be held on April 19-21 in Yalta, the Russian news agency TASS reported.