On the Scene: Elizabeth Arrott in Crimea

Pro-Russian Crimeans celebrated Monday, as the region formally broke with Ukraine and began seeking union with Russia. Crimean lawmakers headed to Moscow to work out details, following the results of a referendum Sunday which officials said was pro-Russian by a landslide. "Support of the first question of whether you are for joining Russia as a subject of the Russian Federation is comprised of 1,233,002 people, which corresponded to 96.77 percent,” said Mikhail Malyshev, head of...

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