This handout photograph taken and released by the Russian presidential press office in Sevastopol on March 18, 2023, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), talking to Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev (L), as he visits the Chersonesos Taurica historical and archeological park on the 9th anniversary of the referendum on the state status of Crimea and Sevastopol and its reunification with Russia. AFP MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula’s annexation, a day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him over the Ukraine conflict. Turkey announced the extension of a deal that has allowed Ukraine to export grain following Russia’s offensive, but Kyiv and Moscow disagreed over the length of the extension. Putin’s surprise visit to Crimea was his first to the peninsula since he sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 last year, apart from when he drove across the bridge … [Read more...] about Putin visits Crimea as Ukraine grain deal extended