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China Daily | Updated: 2014-03-21 07:53
Ukraine crisis 乌克兰危机 (wu ke lan wei ji)
On March 17, the Crimean parliament declared independence from Ukraine after 96.77 percent of Crimeans voted in favor of rejoining Russia in a referendum held on the previous.
Crimea, home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet and historically part of the Russian Federation, was transferred in May 1954 to Ukraine, then a republic of the Soviet Union.
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