MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers on Wednesday set out plans to ratify a treaty making Ukraine's Crimea region part of Russia later this week, despite threats of further sanctions from the United States and European Union.
President Vladimir Putin signed the treaty with the Russian-backed leaders of Crimea on Tuesday, pressing ahead with an annexation that Washington, Brussels and Ukraine's new government say is illegal and unacceptable.
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