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United Kingdom A Russian base on the Crimean peninsula is East-West flashpoint
Published on 28/04/2010
The pandemonium in the Ukrainian parliament over Tuesdays vote to extend the lease of a Russian naval base on the Crimean peninsular underscores the emotional intensity surrounding a Russian military presence in the former Soviet state.