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The Moscow Times

The Russian Embassy in North Korea said in a Facebook post that Pyongyang's new political atlas designates the Crimean peninsula as Russian territory.

The Thursday post states that the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) “respects the results of the referendum which took place in Crimea regarding the incorporation of the peninsula into the Russian Federation.”

North Korea considers the referendum “legitimate and completely meeting international legal standards,” said the embassy.

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russia-posts-reminder-that-north-korea-recognizes-crimea-as-russian-59265
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