In a result known in advance, on March 16, the residents of Crimea, who include vast numbers of retired Russian army officers, voted overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and join Russia. Reactions in the Western World were also known in advance. The U.S. government and European leaders said they would not recognize the vote, and they […]

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