Putin Responds To US, European Sanctions: Signs Order Recognizing Crimea As Sovereign State

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
03/17/2014

So much for de-escalating:

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SIGNS ORDER ON RECOGNITION OF CRIMEA AS SOVEREIGN STATE – RIA

Surely to precede Putin’s own executive order recognizing Crimea as the latest member of the Russian Federation. And as for those “crippling” sanctions, via the FT, here is the locals reall think and why the Russian stock market is soaring as we reported earlier.

The Rest…HERE

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