Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing Ukraine’s autonomous region Crimea as a sovereign state. This comes after Crimea voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia, following weeks of pro-Moscow sentiment and opposition towards the new leaders in the capital Kiev. Putin’s decree paves the way for Crimea to be absorbed into Russia. Under Crimea’s declaration of independence, the peninsula will adopt the Russian currency and use Moscow time. Crimean lawmakers also appealed to the “all countries of the world” to recognize their independence, but the West has denounced the referendum as illegal.
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