Russian Forces Remain Strong in Crimea
![Members of the Russian Song and Dance Ensemble of the Black Sea Fleet perform during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol, Crimea, March 9, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fc3dc33e-8a1f-49db-8f72-bb0d26b86f6a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the Russian Song and Dance Ensemble of the Black Sea Fleet perform during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol, Crimea, March 9, 2014.
![Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, stand guard outside an entry to a Ukrainian military base in the village of Perevalnoye near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 9, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/a4c800ef-e460-41c6-a861-a372b621e92b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, stand guard outside an entry to a Ukrainian military base in the village of Perevalnoye near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 9, 2014.
![Vladimir Konstantinov, speaker of the Crimean parliament, attends a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol, Crimea, March 9, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/162d780c-3d18-4181-adcd-ca5074b1cabf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vladimir Konstantinov, speaker of the Crimean parliament, attends a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol, Crimea, March 9, 2014.
![A woman holds a portrait of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko while the crowd solemnly commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of its greatest poet takes to mark his 200th birthday near a monument of him in central Kyiv, March 9, 2014. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/7da24b92-7dea-4be4-bebe-dadffc6e4fed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman holds a portrait of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko while the crowd solemnly commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of its greatest poet takes to mark his 200th birthday near a monument of him in central Kyiv, March 9, 2014.