CentralNotice 2014 Crimean crisis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article documents a current event . Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. (March 2014) It has been suggested that 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine be merged into this article. ( Discuss ) Proposed since March 2014. 2014 Crimean crisis Part of the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution Crimea & Sevastopol (Ukraine) Rest of Ukraine Russian Federation Date 23 February 2014– present (1 week and 1 day) Location Crimea , Ukraine Causes Opposition to the Euromaidan movement Opposition to the Yatsenyuk Government Repeal of language law that protected minority languages [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Methods Protests Unmarked military operations in Crimea Concentration of Russian Military Forces General mo...