The famous French Publisher "Larus" launched socio-economic Atlas of the world in 2016, where the Crimea included in Russia.

Photos of printed version of the Atlas spread quickly on the Internet and provoked a lively reaction.


the residence of the Ambassador of Ukraine in France, for its part, has called the change "very unpleasant surprise" and demanded corrections.


in satin of the same publishing house Crimea is still Ukrainian.

Again, the Crimea became a Russian region after the March 2014 referendum in which a Large number of residents at that time still Ukrainian autonomy, do not recognise the legality of the coup d'etat in Ukraine, voted for return to Russia. First Wednesday Poroshenko has signed the law according to which on 20 February 2014 scheduled beginning date of the "temporary occupation" of Crimea, which Kiev believes is still Ukrainian territory. The Ukrainian authorities believe that such measures are necessary to strengthen the country's position during the resolution of disputes against the Russian Federation in international jurisdictional bodies.

Larus (Larousse) - a Famous French Publishing house, founded in 1852 by Pierre Larussa and Augustin Boyer. The publishing house specializes in the production of reference literature, and among them are atlases, encyclopedias and dictionaries.

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