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Crimean Parliament Declares Independence From Ukraine Ahead Of Region's Referendum... Paving The Way For The State To Join Russia -- Daily Mail
* 78 of the 100 Crimean MPs voted in favour of the declaration
* Fugitive president blasts Ukraine's new 'bandit regime'
* Viktor Yanukovych echoed Russia's rhetoric over Ukraine
* He said Ukrainian authorities are kowtowing to nationalists
* He alleged government could use military against Russians
* It came as Ukraine's acting president called for a national guard
* Ukraine also claimed it had arrested a Russian spy in Donetsk
* British PM warns annexation 'could prove painful for Putin'
* All flights in or out of Crimea's main airport are suspended
* NATO begins wargames in Poland as F-16 jets are tested
* U.S. jets due to join in as a gesture of Washington's support
* Polish PM says EU will impose sanctions on Russia on Monday
Crimea's parliament has declared independence from Ukraine today ahead of this weekend's referendum on joining Russia.
Seventy eight of the 100 members of the autonomous region's parliament voted in favour of the declaration which paves the way for Sunday's vote.
The declaration said: 'We, the members of the parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Sevastopol City Council, with regard to the charter of the United Nations and a whole range of other international documents and taking into consideration the confirmation of the status of Kosovo by the United Nations International Court of Justice on July, 22, 2010, which says that unilateral declaration of independence by a part of the country doesn't violate any international norms, make this decision.'
If the referendum is in favour, the Crimean authorities will request for their country to become a constituent republic of the Russian Federation.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Analysis On The Crisis In Ukraine
Roundup: Opinions on Ukraine From American and Foreign Media -- Voice of America
Ukraine's deposed leader speaks. Is anyone listening? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Russia's plans for Crimea were long in the making -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
From loyal aides and 'inner voice', Putin hears no Crimea dissent -- Elizabeth Piper, Reuters
Political Solution to Crimea May No Longer Be Possible, Human Rights Watchdog Says -- Wall Street Journal
Crimea Referendum Spurs Ethnic Tensions -- Voice of America
On The Scene: Elizabeth Arrott in Simferopol, Ukraine -- Voice of America
Ukraine crisis: Space for US-Russia diplomacy narrows -- Mark Mardell, BBC
In two cities, Ukraine’s tug of war between East and West -- Anthony Faiola and Carol Morello, Washington Post
Why Russians Back Putin on Ukraine -- Boris Kolonitskii, New York Times
Could Muslim extremists move into disputed Crimea? -- Christopher Snyder, FOX News
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