On the evening of Feb. 23, 2014, the world sat mesmerized by a 2 1/2-hour ceremony that marked the conclusion of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. What occurred in the days that followed caught the international community off guard. Less than a week after the ceremonies in Sochi drew to a close, Russian soldiers in unmarked uniforms entered the Crimean Peninsula. Over the next several weeks, nations across Europe watched as Russian soldiers seized key infrastructure across the peninsula, taking control of one of the region's key pieces of geography.
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