In the Crimea Crisis, the U.S. Turns the Screw
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Ukrainian activists gather outside the White House on March 1, 2014 in Washington. Protesters gathered to rally against foreign involvement in the Ukrainian region of Crimea.
( BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP / Getty )
( BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP / Getty )
Produced by Mythili Rao and Ellen Frankman