Putin raised issue of annexing Crimea at 'small' meeting on the night of Feb 22-23, 2014 – Ponomarev

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2/14 Ponomarev said after the signing on February 21, 2014 of an agreement between Yanukovych and representatives of the then Ukrainian opposition group leaders, he spoke with political experts from the team led by Putin's assistant Vladislav Surkov. "I believed the agreement would not work and(