National Geographic Society have announced plans to redraw the world map to show Crimea as part of Russia. © Fotolia/ gena96
National Geographic To Update World Map With Russian Crimea -- RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) – Experts at the Washington-based National Geographic Society have announced plans to redraw the world map to show Crimea as part of Russia after the Ukrainian breakaway region’s reunification with Moscow is finalized.
The US magazine’s editorial, legal and cartographic leadership met Tuesday to discuss how to map Crimea’s political status, shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Crimea’s leaders signed a treaty on Russia absorbing the Black Sea peninsula.
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My Comment: This makes Russia's annexation of Crimea a "fait accompli".
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Agreed. It's a cartographic version of realpolitik.
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