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Baltic states call Crimea referendum illegitimate

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 The Baltic Times Russia, Ukraine

Estonia considers the so-called referendum carried out on March 16 in Crimea, Ukraine, on whether to join the Russian Federation

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Europe 

Biden to visit Poland and Lithuania to discuss steps over Ukrainian crisis

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

US Vice President Joe Biden is traveling to Poland and Lithuania this week to show his country’s support for NATO

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Europe 

Russian occupiers of 1968 and 2014 get a memorial in Prague!

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 The Prague Post Czech Republic, Russia

A monument in Olšany cemetery commemorates Russians who provided ‘fraternal assistance’ in 1968 Czechoslovakia or 2014 Crimea. A memorial to

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Obama: US, EU prepared to penalise Russia for Crimea ballot

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.S. President Barack Obama told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Sunday that Washington and its “European partners are prepared to

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Europe 

Declaring victory, Crimean and Russian officials pledge fast integration

March 16, 2014March 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

With one exit poll showing that 93 per cent of Crimeans voted to join Russia, the peninsula’s pro-Kremlin prime minister

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Crimean PM: 93 per cent of voters want to join Russia

March 16, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

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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Europe 

Observers, journalists not welcome to watch vote count at polling station in Simferopol

March 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

If respected international election observers had been allowed to watch Crimea’s referendum on whether to join Russia or merely gain

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Europe 

Turnout in disputed Crimea vote about 64 per cent

March 16, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The polls have closed in a controverisal referendum for the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea to break away and become

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Europe 

Crimean secession likely to spark economic disorder

March 16, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

When Crimea’s two million people wake up Monday after likely having voted in Sunday’s snap referendum to break with Ukraine

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