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All Eyes on Putin Post-Referendum in Crimea
In yesterday's referendum, 95% of Crimean voters elected leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia. We look at the options available to Ukraine, the US, Western Europe and Putin.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenIn yesterday's referendum, more than 95% of Crimean voters elected leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia. We look at the options available to Ukraine, the US, Western Europe — and, most importantly, Vladimir Putin. Also, gay and lesbian groups have been excluded from St Patrick's Day parades in New York and Boston, so the mayors of both cities refused to march. The Guinness and Sam Adams breweries withdrew their sponsorships.
Banner image: A man waves the Russian flag as the preliminary results of today's referendum are announced on Lenin Square in the Crimean capital of Simferopol March 16, 2014. Photo: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
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3 storiesThe US Targets Russian Officials with Sanctions
Reacting this morning to yesterday's vote in Crimea, President Obama announced an new executive order expanding the scope of US sanctions against Russia . Freezing assets is just one part of US reaction. Karen DeYoung is Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for the Washington Post .
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The US and the European Union have imposed economic sanctions against individual Russian and Ukrainian leaders after yesterday's referendum in Crimea.
Read the story35 minGuinness Pulls Out of St. Paddy's Day Parade over Gay Exclusion
St. Patrick's Day Parades are time-honored traditions in New York and Boston, but Mayors Bill DeBlasio and Martin Walsh, respectively, have gone where politicians of the past might have feared to tread. Both refused to march because gays and lesbians aren't allowed. Boston's parade was yesterday; New York's was today.
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