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 Ukraine's deposed president Viktor Yanukovych gave a surreal press conference in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Friday afternoon, as tensions in Crimea continued to rise. He said Crimea should remain part of Ukraine, and called on Russia to act decisively against the new government in Kyiv.

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