Russia and Ukraine on Crimea

Crimea is an autonomous parliamentary republic within Ukraine and is governed by its own constitution, in accordance with laws of Ukraine	Russian President cites controversial referendum held under Russian military occupation where the decision was to secede from Ukraine and rejoin Russia
Russian President rejects Western opposition, sayiung the same countries endorsed Kosovo’s independence (2008) from Serbia: “You cannot call the same thing black today and white tomorrow”	US calls it “nothing more than a land grab”, warns of more actions against Russia