Tuesday March 18th 2014 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

plus, it s primary day in illinois. tdr 50 look at how the state s governor dodged a democratic divide and now republicans are squaring off for survival on president obama s home turf. good morning from washington. it s tuesday, march 18th, 2014. this is the daily rundown. breaking news this morning. moving parts around the world. let s get right to our first read and start right out of russia this morning. that president, vladimir putin, boldly defies u.s. warnings and international sanctions and formally restores crimea to the russian federation. it s a stunning development that took less than three weeks from invasion to annexation. in an address to the parliament this morning, putin defended the move, saying crimea must be part of russia. he also said that ethnic russians in ukraine are fed up with leaders in kiev, but insisted that the kremlin is not interested in seizing more territory. after the address, putin and ....

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