 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwa2014, mamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika eRussia akachinja zvakanyanya: Kutevera kuratidzira kweEuromaidan uye mhirizhonga yevagari muKyiv, izvo zvakaguma nekugadzwa kwemutungamiri mutsva weEU nehurumende, mafungu ekupikisa uye mhirizhonga yevagari akatanga muSouthern neEastern Ukraine, uye muCrimea, mauto ekuzvidira ekuzvidzivirira kweCrimea akazivisa referendamu, mubvunzo uyo pakupedzisira waiva, kana Crimea yaifanira kubatana neRussian Federation kana kwete. Pashure, Putin akazivisa pachena kuti mauto okuzvidzivirira akanga akaumbwa nemauto eRussia. Zvichitevera referendamu, Crimea de facto yakava rutivi rweRussia. 