But one influential institution broke ranks to recognize the peninsula’s new political status: National Geographic ... fledged part of the Russian Federation. “We map de facto, in other ...

The National Geographic Society, one of the only nongovernmental map policy bodies in the world ... to legally incorporate Crimea into the Russian Federation very fast and claim it is Russian ...

The Russian government gave a positive response to a piece of legislation that equates maps “disputing the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation” with extremist materials, reports news ...

“We map de facto ... National Geographic will show the peninsula as part of Russia after the Duma officially votes for annexation. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty Tuesday ...

“[North Korea] respects the outcome of the referendum held in Crimea on the entry of the peninsula into the Russian Federation ... Facebook page a photo of a map included in a new North Korean ...