In New York, the Vakhtangov Theater met with a picket against the annexation of the Crimea

In New York, the actors of the theater. Vakhtangov, who came on tour, were greeted with a picket against the annexation of the Crimea. According to TASS, on Saturday 6 on June 9, nine activists picketed the City Center and urged viewers not to applaud the troupe actors Alexei Guskov and Yevgeny Knyazev, who signed the letter in support of the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Crimea.

As reported, some of the picket participants had Ukrainian flags.

The picketers also handed out leaflets of relevant content, printed in Russian.

The director of the New York City Center called the police. No incidents reported.

In late February, early March, 2014, troops transferred from Russia and the Crimean bases of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia unmarked occupied the Crimean Peninsula. 16 March 2014 of the year in the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol passed the so-called referendum on the status of the peninsula, the results of which Russia has included the Crimea in its composition.

Neither Ukraine, nor the European Union, nor the United States recognized this vote and believe that Russia annexed Crimea. After that, the United States and the European Union imposed a series of economic sanctions against Russia. The West continues to insist that Crimea is part of Ukraine.