Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a session of the State Council Presidium in Voronezh, August 5, 2014. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin, senior government officials and many lawmakers will visit Crimea next week, two sources told Reuters, in a defiant show of support for Russia's annexation of the Black Sea region despite tough new Western economic sanctions.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March after pro-Western protesters in Kiev drove from power a president with close ties to Moscow. The West condemned the move and imposed visa bans and asset freezes on some senior Russian officials.
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