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Crimea’s new leader rose to power with help of Russia

Sergey Aksionov, the leader of the drive to hand Crimea to Russia, became the region’s new prime minister after thousands of Russian soldiers rolled into Crimea and armed militias he'd recruited whipped up pro-Russian sentiment. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
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