As Crimea Threatens Secession, Does East West Split Hasten Ukraine's Political Divide?
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Channel: Free Speech TV · 2014 · News & Politics
Russian President Vladimir Putin is rebuffing warnings from the U.S. and European Union as the crisis in Ukraine threatens one of the worst east-west standoffs since the Cold War. The pro-Russian Crimean Parliament has voted to hold a referendum on splitting off from Ukraine and joining Russia. But the vote's legitimacy has been called into question after the installation of a pro-Russian government in Crimea just last week.
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