The Russian government is none too pleased with Google Maps after a recent update elected to name the Crimea as a Ukrainian region despite the very obvious elephant in the room: Russia’s occupation of the region.
Over the last two years, Russian forces have absorbed the region, a point of controversy Google’s map makers are seemingly intent on probing.
Google Maps updated the region at the weekend with new names for both Russian and Ukrainian users as part of the “de-communization” passed through parliament in Kiev last year.
It called for the banishment of Soviet semiology and names from the country in light Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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