(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, on Tuesday signed a treaty making Crimea part Russia but said he did not plan to seize any other regions of Ukraine.
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Reuters: Defiant Putin signs treaty making Crimea part of Russia
: Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov (R) and Crimean parliament speaker Vladimir Konstantinov (L) celebrate in the Kremlin in Moscow on March 18, 2014, after signing a treaty on the Ukrainian Black Sea Crimea peninsula becoming part of Russia. Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed today a treaty with the leaders of Crimea on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula becoming part of Russia, state television showed. AFP PHOTO/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
