Ukraine: Putin signs Crimea annexation
March 22, 2014  01:07

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law formalising Russia's takeover of Crimea from Ukraine, despite fresh sanctions from the EU and the US. The European Union's latest measures target 12 people involved in Russia's annexation of the peninsula.

 

Earlier, Ukraine and the EU signed an accord forging closer political ties. Separately, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has agreed to send monitors to Ukraine, after Russia dropped objections.

 

The six-month mission will initially consist of 100 international civilian monitors, who will be employed in nine regions of Ukraine - including the south-eastern areas rocked by violence between pro-Ukraine and pro-Russian activists. However, the observers will not go to Crimea.

 

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