Valery, 30, a member of the People's Militia of Crimea, shows a medal, which was presented to him for merits while serving in a self-defence unit, with his son Kirill saluting in the background, inside their house on the first anniversary of the Crimean referendum to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, in Simferopol March 16, 2015. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)
