The regional parliament was due to debate the crisis later on Wednesday. Mainly ethnic Tatar demonstrators backing the new authorities rallied under a pale blue flag shouting “Ukraine! Ukraine!” In the Crimean regional capital Simferopol, pro-Russian crowds, some of them cossacks in silk and lambswool hats, shouted “Crimea is Russian!”. With borders drawn by Bolshevik commissars, it is split between a largely Ukrainian-speaking west, including areas annexed by the Soviets from Austria and Poland, and eastern provinces where Russian is spoken, mainly Russian territory since the middle ages. Ukraine has suffered an identity crisis throughout two decades of independence from the Soviet Union. The guilt for what happened lies with Yanukovich This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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