Kremlin says Putin to visit Crimea on Friday - agencies


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  • Thursday, 17 Mar 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of government at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik/Kremlin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Crimea on Friday, Russian news agencies quoted the Kremlin as saying on Thursday.

On his trip Putin will visit the construction site of a bridge being built to Crimea across the Kerch Strait to connect Russia with the Crimean peninsula, the Kremlin said.

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