Below you will find some articles surrounding the recent event of Vladimir Putin and Crimea leaders signing a treaty with different tid bits of information in each respective article.
CNN Coverage of Events surrounding Crimea Treaty lightly touching on sanctions from both Russia and United States.
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Washington Post coverage with video from President Vladimir Putin speaking
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Voice of America article angled on the signing of the treaty with Crimea covering the Vladimir Putin speech and the reactions of other countries as a result.
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In his speech, Mr. Putin insisted that Russia does not want or need to "partition" Ukraine. But he also described last month's ouster of Ukraine's pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, as a "coup" carried out mainly by "nationalists, neo-Nazis, Russophobes and anti-Semites" who, he said, "to a large extent still determine life in Ukraine."
In addition, the Russian president criticized Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's decision to transfer Crimea from Russia to Ukraine in 1954, when both countries were constituent republics of the Soviet Union. He also said that after the Russian Revolution of 1917, "significant historical territory" of southern Russia, including "present-day southeastern Ukraine," was included in the Ukrainian republic of the Soviet Union "without regard to ethnic composition of the population."
RT.com covers the signing of the treaty giving glimpses into the articles of the treaty itself and future action that needs to be done during the transition period into Russia.
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The Treaty enumerates 10 articles which will come into effect after ratification.
Russia will guarantee that the people who live in Crimea and Sevastopol will be given the right to keep their native language as well as the means and conditions for learning it.
Thus, article 3 of the treaty stands that there will be three official languages in Crimea and Sevastopol: Ukrainian, Russian and the language of Crimean Tatars.
Starting from the day of accession, the people of Crimea and Sevastopol are considered as Russian citizens, according to Article 5.
As it was agreed, the transition period will be acting till January 1, 2015. During this time, both sides will resolve the issues of integration of the new subjects "in the economic, financial, credit and legal system of the Russian Federation."Crimea has already officially introduced the ruble as a second currency along with the Ukrainian hryvna, which will remain an official currency until January 1, 2016.
National elections to the state bodies of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol have been slated for September 2015.
Until then the now acting Parliament of Crimea and the Council of Ministers of Crimea as well as the Legislative Assembly of the city of Sevastopol will continue their work.
The document will be sent for approval to the constitutional court, and then to ratification in the parliaments of the two countries.
Russian lawmakers will meet with a parliamentary delegation from Crimea and Sevastopol on March 19 to review strategic aspects of cooperation, including "the prospects for the political and financial establishment of the Republic of Crimea."
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