MOSCOW (Reuters) - The pro-Russia prime minister of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula has defended a decision to hold a referendum on whether the region should join Russia, saying on Saturday that "no one" could cancel the voting.
On Thursday, Crimea's parliament, dominated by ethnic Russians, voted to join Russia and set a referendum for March 16, escalating the crisis.
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