Baltic states call Crimea referendum illegitimate
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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Biden to visit Poland and Lithuania to discuss steps over Ukrainian crisis
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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US, EU impose sanctions over Crimea vote
President Barack Obama has moved to impose sanction against Russian officials the U.S. sees as implicated in Sunday’s Moscow-backed Crimea
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Crimean parliament votes in favour of union with Russia
Authorities in Ukraine’s separatist Crimean republic say voters have overwhelmingly approved union with Russia in a controversial referendum that has
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Obama: US, EU prepared to penalise Russia for Crimea ballot
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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US, EU action expected after Crimea referendum
Voters in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula have cast ballots in a referendum widely expected to endorse joining Russia. The United States
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Declaring victory, Crimean and Russian officials pledge fast integration
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
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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Observers, journalists not welcome to watch vote count at polling station in Simferopol
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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