It has been five years since Crimea returned to Russia. Why does the United States ask Russia to hold another referendum?

Because the return of Crimea to Russia made the United States nervous, and the territory of Crimea was disputed from a long time ago, the United States asked Russia to hold a referendum again, but Russia disagreed, because in their eyes, Crimea was originally theirs.

The territory of Crimea has been controversial since ancient times. Originally belonging to Mongolia, it was later annexed by Russia. After the founding of the Soviet Union, it naturally became the territory of the Soviet Union. During Khrushchev's reign, in order to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the merger of Ukraine and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union chose to give this place to Ukraine as a memorial.

Only after the disintegration of the Soviet Union did Ukraine establish its own country. Not only that, Ukraine has also had many disputes with Russia. This led Russia to demand the return of Crimea, but how could Ukraine easily agree? The two sides argued for a long time because of this problem and finally failed to find a reasonable solution. Later, Crimea thought of a way, that is, a referendum to see where people really want to go. In the end, the result of the referendum was that Russia won a total victory and Crimea successfully returned to Russia.

On the Crimea issue, Russia believes that Crimea originally belonged to Russia, and it was only Khrushchev's "gift" during the Soviet era that caused this problem. Now Crimea has returned by referendum, which is in line with international regulations. However, Ukraine will definitely not recognize the referendum in Crimea, believing that Crimea is Ukraine's territory, and the referendum was completed under the threat of Russia and has no legal effect. The return of Crimea has also made the United States and European countries nervous, because holding a referendum in a country or region is one of the means used by the American economy, and now Russia is also following suit in Ukraine. Therefore, the United States and some European countries also accused Russia of annexing Crimea. Under the leadership of the United States, western countries began to impose the most severe economic sanctions on Russia.