"Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the concert 'Crimean Spring' to celebrate the eight-year anniversary of Crimea's reunification with Russia in Moscow on Friday.
Putin congratulated Crimeans and underlined that in 2014 Crimean residents successfully exercised their right to self-determination.
The Russian President spoke about the work done to restore and improve various spheres of life on the peninsula and stressed that it was necessary to pull Crimea out of 'that humiliating state in which Crimea and Sevastopol were immersed when they were part of another state'.
The protection of the population of Donbass is the main purpose of the special military operation in Ukraine, Putin underlined.
About 200,000 people attended the concert in Luzhniki both inside and outside the stadium, according to Interior Ministry." - Ruptly News