When Russia Gave Crimea to Ukraine

One of the only times Russia would give land back to Ukraine and why they’re now trying to claim it back

Russian troops blocking the Ukrainian military base in Perevalne during the Crimean Crisis of 2014. Source: Wikicommons

Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the newly established Russian Federation has been attempting to regain some of the regions it lost as a result of the disintegration.
The most important of these territories has to be…