article_snippet: I talked with colleagues and told colleagues that Crimea) is our historic territory, Russian people live there, Russian people are in danger, Russian people cannot leave Russian people.
article_snippet: Russia formally annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula last March, after Ukraine's pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted following street protests that turned bloody.
article_snippet: Before Crimea was formally absorbed by Russia, unidentified armed men had taken control of Russia administrative buildings and key military sites.
article_snippet: Ukrainian officials at the time denied there was any threat to Russian citizens in Crimea.
article_snippet: In the documentary, titled "Crimea: Way Back Home," Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow had had no choice but to act.
article_snippet: Crimea isn't just any territory for us, Crimea is historically Russian territory," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
article_snippet: Crimea, a Black Sea peninsula that has been part of Ukraine since 1954, has a majority Russian population and strong cultural and historical ties to Russia.
article_snippet: But Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian President Vladimir Putin had never thought of "dismembering" the peninsula from Ukraine until Yanukovych's ouster.
article_snippet: We cannot leave this area and the people who live there to whims of fate, to let the people of Crimea be thrown under the wheels of this nationalist bulldozer," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
article_snippet: I did say what and how We should do, but immediately stressed that We would do so only if We are absolutely convinced that the people who live in Crimea Crimea want it.
article_snippet: It is important that we work for a peaceful solution, and we will not give up before the full sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine has been restored," she said.
article_snippet: Putin insisted in remarks to reporters last month that there was no chance Crimea would be returned to Ukraine.