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Crimeans vote Sunday in a referendum that effectively gives them two options: either to become independent or join the Russian Federation.

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At least two pro-Ukraine protesters participating in an anti-war demonstration were killed and more than a dozen others injured late on Thursday after their group was violently attacked by men from an opposing pro-Russia demonstration in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.

Foreign Secretary William Hague, US secretary of state John Kerry and Prime Minister David Cameron discuss the Ukraine situation at Number 10 David Cameron underlined the threat of sanctions against Russia today as US secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Downing Street for talks.

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Organizers of the Geneva Two political negotiations on Syria want to see the process move forward with help from UN Security Council, Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. chief envoy for Syria told reporters on Thursday.

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This Sunday, the Ukrainian region of Crimea - a strategically important peninsula on the Black Sea with a majority Russian-speaking population - will vote on a referendum to withdraw from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has halted talks aimed at allowing Russia into the elite club of the most advanced economies.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Russia it risks "massive" political and economic damage over its actions in Crimea, as Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is due to address the UN Security Council over the crisis.

It was grim and rainy last Friday along Crimea's Black Sea coast, and Dimitri Semenov was in a dark mood.

Why do Washington and Moscow keep talking past each other? Prospect theory offers a plausible explanation.

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President Barack Obama says that if Russia continues an aggressive path in Ukraine, the United States and other countries will, in his words, be "forced to apply costs" to Moscow.

In this Saturday, April 2, 2011 file photo, Gulnara Karimova photographed just after a display of creations of 'Guli' collections at the Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia.

Leaders from seven major industrial nations said Wednesday that a referendum to have Crimea split from Ukraine and join Russia would "have no legal effect" and called on Moscow to stand down.

Proposed legislation that would give native Russian speakers abroad a fast track to Russian citizenship appears designed to lure highly qualified specialists and successful entrepreneurs.

Russian MPs who have been calling for Crimea to be transferred to the Russian Federation should be included in any sanctions imposed by the EU over the crisis in Ukraine, David Cameron has said.

If, as seems all but certain, Vladimir Putin goes through with the annexation of Crimea, he will have will have opened a new and dangerous era of Russian international behavior.