Putin." Russian historian Andrey Piontkovsky compared the speech to Hitler's speech on Sudetenland from 1939 as using "the same arguments and vision of history". According to him, this speech played key role in starting the war in Donbass. Gallery See also Munich speech of Vladimir Putin (10 February 2007) Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin (24 October 2014 in Sochi) History of Crimea Foreign policy of Vladimir Putin Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation References External links Commented English Language version of the speech in The Crimean Archipelago: A Multimedia Dossier 2014 in Moscow 2014 speeches Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Articles containing video clips History of Crimea March 2014 events in Europe Russia–Ukraine relations Speeches by Vladimir Putin March 2014 events in Russia Events in Moscow