2014 Event The E.U. extends sanctions against Russia by banning oil and gas exploration, cruise ship activity, and investment in Russian-annexed Crimea, the annexation is considered illegitimate by E.U. member nations 2014 Event Russia makes assurances that the country will not invade Ukraine in its efforts to resolve the dispute over its annexation of Crimea 2014 Event President Obama promises that the U.S. will not take military action in Ukraine in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea 1991 Event Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait 1988 Event Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by U.S.S.R. 1976 Event East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia 1938 Event Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland 1938 Event Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia 1938 Event Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia 1924 Event South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka) 1898 Event U.S. House of Representatives accept annexation of Hawaii 1845 Event Texas Congress votes for annexation to U.S. 1822 Event Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire 1653 Event Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine
