Regional authorities have nationalized the assets of some 100 legal entities and individuals Crimea will receive almost 2 billion rubles ($23.8 million) from the sale of property that was nationalized after the region split from Ukraine and reunified with Russia, according to the head of the Crimean Parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov.

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Ambassador Lynne Tracy’s public statements have drawn sharp rebukes from the Kremlin US ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy has argued that the Kremlin shouldn’t use the term “Anglo-Saxons” to describe American and British leadership, as the US is “enriched” by immigrants. Tracy’s tenure in Moscow has already proven contentious, with Russia’s Foreign Ministry accusing her…