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The EU and US have both refused to recognise the referendum in Crimea, but the outcome, ‘Yes’ to joining Russia, seems a mere formality. Despite accusations of widespread propaganda in the peninsula, Russian MP Leonid Slutsky, visiting the region as part of an observer mission, insisted it was about what Crimea wants.

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