The New York Times reacts to appearance of a map with ‘disputed’ Crimea

The New York Times newspaper in the material of which appeared a map with the Crimea, marked as a disputed territory within Russia, is studying the circumstances of the publication of this map. This was reported by the press service of the newspaper to the Russian RBC agency.

"We are studying this issue at the moment," said the press secretary of NYT Danielle Rhoades Ha.  

The author of the material about the Crimean bridge in The New York Times Ivan Nechepurenko said that he had nothing to do with the published map.

"We saw this map just like you," he said. The journalist specified that no one coordinated the publishing of the map with him.