Russia Vetoes UN Resolution On Crimea

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution declaring Sunday's referendum on the future of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula illegal, and close ally China abstained in a show of Moscow's isolation.
Supporters of the U.S.-sponsored resolution knew that Russia would use its veto. But they put the resolution to a vote Saturday morning to show the strength of opposition to Moscow's takeover of Crimea in the U.N. Security Council.

The final vote was 13 members in favor, China's abstention, and Russia as a permanent council member casting a veto.



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