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Eliot Engel: “President Putin's invasion of Crimea is a blatant violation of international law and also of Russia's commitments to its…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2014
President Putin's invasion of Crimea is a blatant violation of international law and also of Russia's commitments to its neighbor.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel condemns Putin's actions in Crimea as illegal.

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