Vladimir Putin strengthens Russia's hold on Crimea with new railway line
The Russian premier took a train across a new road and rail bridge which Russian engineers built to link Crimea to southern Russia, after the closure of an earlier route which ran through Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in a cabin of a train traveling from Kerch to Taman across a bridge, which was constructed to connect the Russian mainland with the Crimean Peninsula across the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea December 23, 2019(photo credit: SPUTNIK/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)ByALEX WINSTON, REUTERS
