Friday was the second anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
To mark the event, Vladimir Putin paid a visit to the island of Tuzla, where he checked in on a construction project aimed at bridging the Black Sea peninsula with the Russian mainland. The bridge, which is expected to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of €3 billion, will be the first direct link between Crimea and Russia and will span about 12 miles across the Kerch Strait.