Crimea Referendum

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  The 5 Ukrainian Regions Annexed By Russia Since 2014

  From the industrial heartland of Donbas to Crimea on the Black Sea, Russia has annexed all, or part, of five regions of Ukraine, after "referendums" rejected by the international community.

• Russian Vote Monitor Denounces London Pressure in Scottish 'No' Vote

  The director of a pro-Kremlin vote monitoring agency which sent observers to Scotland's referendum denounced the result on Friday, saying Scots were pressured into rejecting independence to avoid comparisons with Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine.

• US Warns Russia Ahead of Referendum in Eastern Ukraine

  US warned Russia of imposing greater costs on Moscow if it continues to destabilise its neighbouring country.

• Russia threatened countries ahead of UN vote on Ukraine: envoys

  Russia threatened several Eastern European and Central Asian states with retaliation if they voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution this week declaring invalid Crimea's referendum on seceding from Ukraine, U.N. diplomats said.

• UN General Assembly declares Crimea secession vote invalid

  The UN General Assembly on Thursday passed a non-binding resolution declaring invalid Crimea's Moscow-backed referendum earlier this month on seceding from Ukraine, in a vote that Western nations said highlighted Russia's isolation.

• European Union sanctions 21 Russians, Ukrainians after Crimea vote

  European Union foreign ministers adopted sanctions Monday against 21 Russians and Ukrainians deemed responsible for a contested independence referendum in Crimea.

• Crimea assembly declares Russian ruble second official currency

  Crimea's separatist parliament on Monday introduced the Russian ruble as a second official currency alongside the Ukrainian hryvnia, after declaring independence following a referendum to break with Ukraine and join Russia.

• Moscow wins overwhelming Crimea vote, West readies sanctions

  Crimea's Moscow-backed leaders declared a 96-percent vote in favour of quitting Ukraine and annexation by Russia in a referendum Western powers said was illegal and will bring immediate sanctions.

• China urges restraint in Ukraine, avoids comment on Crimea vote

  A top Chinese diplomat repeated Beijing's call for calm and restraint in Ukraine on Monday, but ducked comment on a referendum in Crimea after the region's Moscow-backed leaders declared a 96-percent vote in favour of joining Russia.

• Moscow wins Crimea vote, West readies sanctions

  Crimea's Moscow-backed leaders declared a 96-percent vote in favour of quitting Ukraine and annexation by Russia in a referendum Western powers said was illegal and will bring immediate sanctions.

• Crimea: epicentre of East-West crisis

  Crimea, which voted overwhelmingly Sunday to become part of the Russian Federation, is a strategic Black Sea peninsula that was handed to Ukraine by a Soviet leader 60 years ago.

• Britain condemns Crimea vote as a 'mockery'

  Britain on Sunday slammed a vote in Crimea on breaking away from Ukraine as a "mockery" of democracy and refused to recognise the referendum's outcome.

• Crimea vote fully legal, Vladimir Putin tells Barack Obama

  President Vladimir Putin told US President Barack Obama on Sunday the referendum on Crimea joining Russia was fully legal, but the two leaders also agreed to work together to find ways out of the Ukraine crisis, the Kremlin said.

• Crimea votes on whether to secede from Ukraine

  Residents of Ukraine's Crimea region voted on Sunday in a contentious referendum on whether to split off and seek annexation by Russia.

• Armed police burst into Crimean hotel on eve of referendum

  Armed police burst into a hotel in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, on Saturday night on the eve of a referendum aimed at deciding whether the Ukrainian region leaves Ukraine and becomes part of Russia.