Ukraine crisis fuels secession calls in pro-Russian south

[dipsydoodle]

As a new regime consolidated its grip over power in Kiev on Sunday, calls for secession in the pro-Russian south of Ukraine were growing louder.

At a protest attended by thousands in the port city of Sevastopol on Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, the crowd voted to establish a parallel administration and civil defence squads.

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The largely Russian-speaking eastern and southern regions of Ukraine have been shaken by events in the Ukrainian capital over the last week that have led to the toppling of President Viktor Yanukovych.

Nowhere in the country is a Russian heritage stronger than in Crimea. The peninsula was officially a part of Russia until 60 years ago when the Soviet leadership transferred it to Ukraine.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/23/ukraine-crisis-secession-russian-crimea

[Pretzel_Warrior]

1. Sounds like the U.S.

"the South will rise again!"