WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian could face additional sanctions if it proceeds with formal annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region or takes further military action in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
There is "concrete evidence" that some ballots arrived "pre-marked" in Sunday's secession referendum in Crimea and other voting anomalies were also detected, another U.S. official said after Washington announced visa bans and asset freezes on 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials.
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