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# Crimea To Hold Vote On Joining Russia

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## Video: Crimea To Hold Vote On Joining Russia

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## Transcript

Tensions grow in Crimea as the region's parliament announces it will hold a vote in mid March on whether to leave Ukraine and join Russia. While Russian President Vladimir Putin won't acknowledge them, presumably Russian troops have had military bases in Crimea surrounded for several days now. Certain to be seen in the West as yet the next step towards a formal annexation of that peninsula by Moscow. That's certain to inflame passions here in Kiev. So, for those of you wondering why just two days ago, Putin said Russia didn't plan to absorb Crimea despite some officials saying troops had full operational control of it, maybe he knew he wouldn't have to take it.

RT, which is funded by the Russian government, tweeted a copy of the resolution while reporting crowds outside the Crimean Parliament cheered and chanted Russia when the referendum was announced. The March 16th vote will include two questions. One, do you support Crimea's reunification with Russia? Two, do you support the restoration of the Constitution of the Crimean Republic dated 1992 and Crimea's status as a part of Ukraine? The majority of Crimea's population is ethnically Russian. And many people in Eastern and Southern Ukraine are pro- Russia. While the Kremlin didn't immediately comment on the referendum, Putin has made no qualms about a desire for Ukraine to stop looking West to the European Union for help with it's economy.

The Russians are in control of Crimea but they haven't moved into the rest of Ukraine. And so, in this kind of stalemate position. Maybe you can find some way of kind of quietly diplomatically walking this situation back from the brink. Others consider this all just one more step in Russia's plan to keep Ukraine in its circle of influence. A senior fellow with Cato Institute's Center for global liberty and prosperity told the CBC, the next possible step is moving troops into Eastern Ukraine after the country is so destabilized fights can't be ignored. Using these victims as pretext they will have a military intervention into Eastern Ukraine with the final goal to reach Kiev.

While US secretary of state John Kerry has met this week with Ukraine's interim government leaders and Russia's foreign secretary The two sides have not met face to face. Thanks for watching, I'm Jamal Andrews.

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