SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - When news reached Crimea that President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty making the Black Sea peninsula part of Russia, two doormen at a Simferopol hotel could barely conceal their glee.
"We are all Russians here, we feel Russian, and I am fed up with this Ukrainian nationalism. Now it'll be over," said one of the doormen, Sergey Tarasov, 48.
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