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By Megan Specia & Luke Leonard1 day ago

Rallies and concerts kicked off a weeklong celebration marking the one-year anniversary of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. Supporters on Monday unfurled a massive Russian flag during a large rally in Simferopol, where hundreds gathered waving flags and celebrating in the street.
Russia sent troops into Crimea in early 2014. On March 16, Crimeans held a referendum for succession, a move the U.N. and several countries declared illegal.

Oleg Belaventsev, who Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed as Moscow's envoy to Crimea, framed the celebrations as the first anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula's "return to Russia" during a special session of the local legislature.

A guard of honor march to the eternal flame on Nakhimov Square on the memorial of the heroic defense of Sevastopol.

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The president of bike-club "Night Wolves" Alexander Zaldostanov aka 'Surgeon', a well known pro-Kremlin activist takes part in a motor rally as Crimeans celebrate.

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A couple stands by pictures depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin at an open-air political cartoons exhibition dedicated to the one-year anniversary in central Moscow.

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A woman holds a USSR naval flag during a rally marking the one-year anniversary of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in central Sevastopol on March 16, 2015.

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People bring flowers to the eternal flame at the memorial of the heroic defense of Sevastopol.

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The president of bike-club "Night Wolves" Alexander Zaldostanov aka 'Surgeon', a well known pro-Kremlin activist, takes part in a motor rally as Crimeans celebrate.

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A man carries a picture depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin in a T-shirt with an inscription reading: "Crimea" at an open-air political cartoons exhibition dedicated to the one-year anniversary in central Moscow.

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A boy holds a Russian flag during a rally in central Simferopol.

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Members of the guard of honor at the memorial of the heroic defense of Sevastopol (1941-1942) attend the celebrations.

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