Defiant Putin to address Russian parliament on Crimea (via AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address both houses of parliament on Tuesday over Crimea’s vote to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia, the Kremlin and lawmakers said. “The speech of the president with an address on Crimea has been scheduled…

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