Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Crimea on March 18 , the ninth anniversary of the annexation of this Ukrainian peninsula by Russia in 2014, Russian public television announced.

“A historic day”

“ Our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin knows how to surprise. In the good sense of the word , ”wrote on Telegram Mikhail Razvojayev. According to him, a school of arts for children was to be inaugurated on Saturday with the participation of the Russian leader by videoconference.

“ But Vladimir Vladimirovich came in person. Himself. Driving. Because on a historic day like today, he is always with Sevastopol and its people ,” said Mikhail Razvojayev.