Europe Kremlin Prepares for Military Intervention By ALISON SMALE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORNMARCH 1, 2014 View slide show|10 Photos Pro-Russian Crimea Leader Moves to Cement Control Over Region Credit Sergey Bobok/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — As Russian-backed armed forces effectively seized control of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula on Saturday, President Vladimir V. Putin […]![]()
