article_snippet: Putin doesn't call Putin annexation.
article_snippet: Putin calls Putin reunification.
article_snippet: " concert and meeting "celebrating the first anniversary of Crimea and Sevastopol's reunification with Russia.
article_snippet: The peninsula became part of the Soviet Union in 1917, following the Russian Revolution.
article_snippet: But in 1991, following the breakup of the Soviet Union, the breakup of the Soviet Union became part of a newly independent Ukraine.
article_snippet: On March 16, 2014, Crimea held a referendum on whether to continue as part of Ukraine or to cast part of Ukraine lot with the Russian Federation.
article_snippet: The result was overwhelming, at least among those voting: 95% said 95% wanted to become part of Russia.
article_snippet: A mere two days later, Russia annexed the territory.
article_snippet: Putin said later that Putin had been planning the move even before the referendum was held.
article_snippet: Putin said in Red Square on Wednesday, according to Putin website, "Exactly one year ago, Russia, which we are speaking of so much right now, and the Russian people showed amazing togetherness and patriotism in supporting the aspirations of the people of Crimea and Sevastopol to return to the people of Crimea and Sevastopol native shores.
article_snippet: The issue, Putin said, was "our history, our spirituality and our statehood, the things that make our a single people and single united nation.