artist jackson pollock, the poet alan ginsburg and the rap you are tour tupac shakur and she didn t need a visa to enjoy those. so we re waiting to see if vladimir putin on monday having recognized the independence of crimea will go further. will he bring it into the russian federation or will he stop where he is right now? very little sign given. how fast things are moving on the ground here in the crimean administrative capital simferopol will do more than grab their p challenge too be in russia. the sanctions are the most comprehensive the west have imposed since the cold war. even so they re considered to be lacking much bite. reporter: less than a day after the crimean referendum denounced by the west as having no validity european foreign ministers unanimously voted to sanction eight top crimean
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
officials, 10 people from russia including members of the parliament and three military personnel who they say are directly involved in moscow s attempt to divide crimea from the ukraine. for the e.u. s foreign policy head, a clear message has been sent. i really hope that what we will see is a deescalation. i really do hope that what we will see is the chance for ukraine to be a countally has territorial integrity. reporter: others were talking a harder line, warning tougher steps could lie ahead if russia completes plans to annex the ukraine. a french expert on russia said another sanctions list of more than 100 additional individuals has been circulating among the europeans. the russian power is structured around the oligarchs. in the next stage if you start hitting, for instance, the bosses of the big energy companies in russia, gosprom, et cetera, there you re getting into a serious problem.
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each of the 239 passengers on board flight 370 has their own story. among them, mothers, fathers, children, friends as well as co-workers. you can find their stories at cnn.com/international along with all the developments including word that chinese officials have now started their own search on chinese territories to try to find any trace of this missing plane. well, lawmakers in crimea did not waste any time to act following sunday s referendum on secession. straight ahead, we ll find out why they re in such a hurry in simferopol. plus, oscar pistorius arrives in court and how monday s testimony might affect his defense. oscar pistorius porz