Pro-russian demonstrators demonstrate in front of the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol on February 27, 2014. Ukraine's ousted pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych emerged defiant on February 27 from five days in hiding as the country's new leaders issued a blunt warning to Russia against any aggression on the volatile Crimean peninsula. Anxious Western governments voiced fears about the "dangerous" situation in Crimea after dozens of pro-Kremlin gunmen in combat fatigues seized government buildings in the autonomous republic and pleaded with Moscow not to escalate tensions. AFP PHOTO / VASILIY BATANOV (Photo credit should read Vasiliy BATANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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