independence from ukraine and he has started the legal procedure for russia to take in a new region. this after crimeans voting overwhelmingly sunday to join the russian federation. on friday, russian lawmakers are expected to consider crimea s request and we are expecting mr. putin to discuss crimea when he addresses russia s parliament in a few hours from now. one kremlin figure, meantime, said it was an honor to be a target of western sanctions over crimea. the u.s. and europe announced those moves on monday and in this volatile region itself, officials hope crimea will be absorbed into russia quickly. we have the latest from simferopol. reporter: the sanctions announced in washington and brussels have had very little impact in what we re seeing here, fast-paced choreography bringing crimea into the russian federation. the defacto parliament here first thing on monday announced a vote in which they agreed that crimea would be an independent