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Crimean self defense units volunteers overcrowd a bus prior to a swearing in ceremony in Simferopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 8, 2014. Ukraine lurched toward breakup Thursday as lawmakers in Crimea unanimously declared they wanted to join Russia and would put the decision to voters in 10 days. President Barack Obama condemned the move and the West answered with the first real sanctions against Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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National Edition News cover for March 8, 2014 - Putin has built a lean, mean fighting machine: Russian soldiers guard a pier where two Ukrainian naval ships are moored, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ukraine's new prime minister said Wednesday that embattled Crimea must remain part of Ukraine, but may be granted more local powers. Since last weekend, Russian troops have taken control of much of the peninsula in the Black Sea, where Russian speakers are in the majority. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)
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A pro Russian resident rallies with others at a central square in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, March 7, 2014. Russia rallied support Friday for a Crimean bid to secede from Ukraine, with Russia's top lawmaker assuring her Crimean counterpart that the region would be welcomed as "an absolutely equal subject of the Russian Federation." (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
