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 Crimea has moved the clocks forward two hours instead of one in order to change to Moscow time, despite a U.N. vote this week declaring the region's referendum to join Russia invalid. The move, which took place at midnight Moscow time - 8 p.m. - means the Ukrainian peninsula is no longer on the same time as the capital Kyiv.

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