BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Germany said it assumes that Sunday's referendum in Crimea will be followed by steps to absorb the region into Russia and warned the EU will be forced to consider further, financial sanctions if Moscow does not change course.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday after meeting counterparts from central Europe in the Hungarian capital, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Russia had so far rebuffed all European proposals to defuse the standoff in Crimea.
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