recognized. do you think that warning makes a difference there, has it spoiled the mood at all? are people worried about consequences? >> reporter: absolutely not on the ground here, jim, no. here in the crimean regional capital, it's been quite a night of partying. there were thousands of people, the party has just broken up. the recommend namentds remain. they'll have sore heads tomorrow. several thousand were hand. they were chanting, meaning crimea is russia. and they sang the russian national anthem with great gusto, and the fireworks went off. as you said it was the most unsurprising referendum result you can imagine but it's only recognized by crimea and russia. everyone else in the world said it's invalid and nobody is going to take much notice of it. the next steps are pretty crucial. the russian duma, the parliament, votes on the 21st, just a few days from now on whether to accept this