Crimean PM: 93 per cent of voters want to join Russia
Crimea’s prime minister says preliminary results from Sunday’s referendum on whether to break away from Ukraine indicate that 93 percent
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Turnout in disputed Crimea vote about 64 per cent
The polls have closed in a controverisal referendum for the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea to break away and become
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Tatar leader asks Putin to pull Russian troops from Crimea
A Crimean Tatar leader told Russian President Vladimir Putin the secession of Crimea from Ukraine to join Russia would violate
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Kerry: US, Europe will respond if Crimea referendum passes
The United States and the European Union will respond on March 16 with a “serious series of steps” against Russia
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Merkel: Russia risks ‘massive’ damage in Ukraine crisis
German chancellor Angela Merkel said Russia risks “massive” political and economic damage if it does not change course in the
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Obama: ‘We will stand with Ukraine’
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. and its allies would be forced to apply a cost to Russia
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Crimea prepares for referendum
The chief of Crimea’s election commission, Myhkailo Malyshev, said Monday he is moving ahead with preparations for next Sunday’s referendum
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Kyiv: No plans to send forces to Crimea
Ukraine’s acting defense minister says Kyiv has no plans to send armed forces to Crimea. The Interfax news agency quoted
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Russian military vehicles enter Ukrainian base near Simferopol
A convoy of military vehicles, apparently Russian, has entered a base near Crimea’s capital Simferopol. Reuters news service, which filmed
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