Ukraine has threatened sanctions against Nicaragua after it became the first country, on Tuesday, to open a consulate in Crimea since the 2014 Maidan. Kiev considers the peninsula to be illegally occupied by Moscow.
In 2014, following Crimea’s reunification with Russia, Nicaragua was one of just 10 countries to vote alongside Moscow at the UN General Assembly in support of the region’s status as part of the country. Six years on, much to Kiev’s chagrin, the country has become the first to open an honorary consulate in Crimea, in its capital city of Simferopol.
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