In february 2014, following the change of power in Ukraine, many separatist tensions took place in this russian-speaking region. The crisis began with the protests leaded by Ukrainian people to support the rapprochement of Ukraine to the European Union. This was rejected by the russian-speaking communities of the southeastern part of the country, composed mostly by ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking Ukrainians.
Located south from the primary ukrainian territory, the Republic of Crimea was the center of pro-russian protests. It was proposed a separatist referendum and there were a series of military revolts, including both local troops and Russian troops. On March 6, 2014, the authorities of the Republic of Crimea announced the call for a referendum on March 16, which will ask the people to vote in order to formally join Russia and no longer be a part of Ukraine. People voted, and as a result on March 18, leaders of the Republic of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov and Sergei Aksionov, as well as russian President Vladimir Putin, signed the treaty of accession of Crimea as a new federal territories to Russia.
This also caused a diplomatic crisis between Russia, the United States and the European Union. This last two announced political and economic sanctions against Russia, accused of violating International Law because of their military presence in Crimea. Nevertheless, and in spite of the great tension between this two world powers, president Barack Obama said that his country " do not intend to intervene militarily in the crisis in Ukraine".
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