Tension high in crimea
Thousands of pro-Russia separatists and supporters of Ukraine's new leaders confronted each other on Wednesday outside Crimea's regional Parliament before a debate on the political upheaval that swept away president Viktor Yanukovych.
About 2,000 people, many of them ethnic Tatars who are the indigenous group on the Black Sea peninsula, converged on the parliament building to support the movement, which ousted Yanukovych in Kiev after three months of protests. They were met by a similar number of pro-Russia demonstrators who bellowed loyalty to Moscow and denounced the "bandits" who had seized power in the Ukrainian capital.
The two sides rallied outside the Parliament, which had called an emergency session for later on Wednesday to discuss the crisis.
Reuters
(China Daily 02/27/2014 page12)
