Crimea to Join Russia

Mar, 6, 14 - The Crimean parliament Thursday has voted to join Russia  while the Ukraine region's deputy prime minister saying the decree was effective immediately added that Russian soldiers are the only legitimate forces in Crimea.

The parliament unanimously adopted a motion for the strategic peninsula to join the Russian Federation and the referendum will be held in ten days.

In remarks to the Reuters news agency, Crimea's deputy prime minister, Rustam Temurgaliyev, said that the Ukrainian armed forces have to lay down their weapons and accept Russian citizenship and join the Russian military.

Ukrainian interim Prime Minister, Oleksander Turchinov, denounce the autonomous region of Crimea's parliament as entirely illegitimate, saying the decision was made under the barrel of a gun and all of the actions are dictated.