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SIMFEROPOL, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 10, 2020: Former envoy of the Russian president to Crimea Oleg Belaventsev and Nicaragua's Ambassador to Russia Alba Azusena Torres (L-R) are seen during a ceremony marking the establishment of an Honorary Consulate of Nicaragua in the city of Simferopol. Oleg Belaventsev has been appointed as honorary consul of Nicaragua in Crimea. The consulate is the first foreign diplomatic mission in Crimea. Nicaragua recognised Crimea as part of Russia in 2014. . Sergei Malgavko/TASS (Photo by Sergei Malgavko\TASS via Getty Images)

SIMFEROPOL, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 10, 2020: Former envoy of the Russian president to Crimea Oleg Belaventsev and Nicaragua's Ambassador to Russia Alba Azusena Torres (L-R)  are seen during a ceremony marking the establishment of an Honorary Consulate of Nicaragua in the city of Simferopol. Oleg Belaventsev has been appointed as honorary consul of Nicaragua in Crimea. The consulate is the first foreign diplomatic mission in Crimea. Nicaragua recognised Crimea as part of Russia in 2014. . Sergei Malgavko/TASS (Photo by Sergei Malgavko\TASS via Getty Images)