On March 18, 2014, two days after Crimeans voted in a referendum to join the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin gave a speech in which he announced that he would bring Crimea and the port city of Sevastopol into the fold as two new federation members. 
Machi 18, 2014, siku mbili baada ya wa-Crimea kupga kura ya maoni kuamua kujiunga na Shirikisho la Urusi, Rais Vladimir Putin alitoa hotuba akitangaza kuwa ameipokea Crimea na mji wa bandari ya Sevastopol kuwa wanachama wapya wa shirikisho hilo.