Russia says North Korea recognized annexation of Crimea
North Korea considers the Crimea’s accession to Russia legitimate, as stated by the Russian embassy in Pyongyang.
According to Russian diplomats, a new political atlas of the world has been published in the DPRK, in which the Crimea is painted in the same colors as Russia. The Embassy published photos to confirm it.
Employees of the Russian embassy stated that they asked the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs to comment on the map. The response they received was that "the Republic respects the outcome of the referendum held in Crimea on the entry of the peninsula into the Russian Federation, and considers its results to be legitimate and fully compliant with international legal norms."
Previously it was reported that the Italian TV company World Fashion Channel Europa S.R.L. posted a map of Russia on its website where the Crimea was shown as a part of the Russian Federation. The National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine demanded that this misunderstanding be remediated.
It is not the first Italian media outlet to do so. In the past, the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport apologized for calling the Crimea “Russian”.