Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Russia-annexed Sevastopol.
The press service of the Russian president announced this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"Vladimir Putin visited the new general education school 'Bay of Cossacks Educational Center' in Sevastopol during his working visit to Crimea," the statement said.
Putin is accompanied on the visit by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, presidential representative in the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov, Education Minister Olga Vasilyeva, and "Governor" of Sevastopol Dmitry Ovsyannikov.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note of protest to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 4 in connection with a visit to the Crimea by a Russian delegation headed by Medvedev without permission from Ukraine.
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