Sevastopol in southern Ukraine is arguably Russian in everything but name. Its population is not only Russian-speaking but primarily ethnically Russian, thanks in part to the city’s Russian naval base, which remains in full operation
Pro-Moscow protesters gather in front of city hall in Crimea’s Black Sea port of Sevastopol. Deposed President Viktor Yanukovich reportedly fled to the region which was his power base
Alexei Chaliy, (centre) a Russian citizen, was declared the first mayor of Sevastopol on Sunday not by a formal vote or tallying of ballots but the raucous roar of a crowd of some 20,000 pro-Russian supporters
Russia’s Black Sea fleet maintains a naval base at Sevastopol
A pro-Russian demonstration gathers at the statue of Admiral Pavel Nakimov, founder of Russia’s Black Sea fleet
Crimea has long maintained strong cultural and political ties to Moscow having been transferred from the Russian Soviet Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1954
A Russian armoured personnel carrier patrols a Sevastopol street
Russian officers leave the navy headquarters in Sevastopol
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