Old Allies, Old Grudges Help Moscow.

The article discusses how Russia's cultivation of allies in the Crimea region aided its military intervention there in March 2014. Mustafa Jemilev of Ukraine's parliament says Russia has long provided funding to pro-Russia groups in Crimea. Sergei Aksyonov of the Russian Unity political party in Crimea, who in March 2014 was named prime minister of the region, had previously signed a cooperation agreement with a Russian nationalist political party.