CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the treaty of accession (annexation) with Crimean leaders in Moscow, 18 March 2014. Formal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, illegal under international law. Russia was suspended from the G8. International sanctions imposed on Russia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cuba has officially recognized Crimea as a part of Russia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first, known as the Minsk Protocol, was drafted in 2014 by the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, consisting of Ukraine, Russia, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), with mediation by the leaders of France and Germany in the so-called Normandy Format.