Pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators have clashed in the Crimean Peninsula following the seizure of power in Ukraine by the opposition, much of whose ranks are occupied by nationalists.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankPro- and anti-Russian demonstrators have clashed in the Crimean Peninsula following the seizure of power in Ukraine by the opposition, much of whose ranks are occupied by nationalists.
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Pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators have clashed in the Crimean Peninsula following the seizure of power in Ukraine by the opposition, much of whose ranks are occupied by nationalists.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankThe ouster of Presiden Viktor Yanukovych and rise to power of new national authorities has ignited alarm among ethnic Russians in the Crimea.
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The ouster of Presiden Viktor Yanukovych and rise to power of new national authorities has ignited alarm among ethnic Russians in the Crimea.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankTatar representatives have come out in support of the incoming regime, setting the stage for tensions inside the Crimean Peninsula.
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Tatar representatives have come out in support of the incoming regime, setting the stage for tensions inside the Crimean Peninsula.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankSome local pro-Russian groups, fearful of the nationalist rhetoric emanating from Kiev in recent days, have called for Crimea to secede from Ukraine and asked for Russia to intervene.
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Some local pro-Russian groups, fearful of the nationalist rhetoric emanating from Kiev in recent days, have called for Crimea to secede from Ukraine and asked for Russia to intervene.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankPolice forces appeared to be having trouble controlling the crowd outside the Crimean Supreme Council, the regional parliament.
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Police forces appeared to be having trouble controlling the crowd outside the Crimean Supreme Council, the regional parliament.