Google Geocoding stopped to work for Crimea, Ukraine

Question

I\'ve discovered very strange issue. Geocoding API suddenly stopped to work for Crimea coordinates. Example: Simferopol city:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/ge

Answer 1

Yes, it's a restriction due to political events. I got this answer from Google Support:

Since Crimea currently is a disputed territory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territorial_disputes), Geocoder results will currently not return results for reverse geocoding.