Will Crimea's Declaration of Independence Trigger an International Showdown?
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Men hold Russian (R) and Soviet Union flags in Simferopol's Lenin Square on March 16, 2014. Polls opened yesterday for a referendum on the peninsula of Crimea.
( FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP / Getty )
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Produced by Ellen Frankman