About the book: 2014 / After the annexation of Crimea to Russia in March 2014, President Vladimir Putin began to be called “Putin-Crimean” in Russian society. However, questions have arisen about what will follow the annexation of Crimea, how will this affect the position of Russia, and what will the West do? In the book brought to your attention, the author, based mainly on foreign sources, not only answers these questions, but also gives the true causes of the crisis in Ukraine , writes about Putin's role in these events. Particular attention is paid to the West's reaction to them, when, along with criticism of the Russian government and sanctions against it, Putin found ardent defenders among the Western elite - in particular, the patriarch of world politics, Mr. Kissinger, came out in his defense. Based on these materials, the author concludes that the picture of the annexation of Crimea to Russia is presented in a distorted form - both in Russian and Western media - and the background of the “Crimean accretion” remains hidden from the public.