Pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators have clashed in the Crimean Peninsula following the seizure of power in Ukraine by the opposition, much of whose ranks are occupied by nationalists.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankPro- and anti-Russian demonstrators have clashed in the Crimean Peninsula following the seizure of power in Ukraine by the opposition, much of whose ranks are occupied by nationalists.
Pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators have clashed in the Crimean Peninsula following the seizure of power in Ukraine by the opposition, much of whose ranks are occupied by nationalists.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankThe ouster of Presiden Viktor Yanukovych and rise to power of new national authorities has ignited alarm among ethnic Russians in the Crimea.
The ouster of Presiden Viktor Yanukovych and rise to power of new national authorities has ignited alarm among ethnic Russians in the Crimea.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankTatar representatives have come out in support of the incoming regime, setting the stage for tensions inside the Crimean Peninsula.
Tatar representatives have come out in support of the incoming regime, setting the stage for tensions inside the Crimean Peninsula.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankSome local pro-Russian groups, fearful of the nationalist rhetoric emanating from Kiev in recent days, have called for Crimea to secede from Ukraine and asked for Russia to intervene.
Some local pro-Russian groups, fearful of the nationalist rhetoric emanating from Kiev in recent days, have called for Crimea to secede from Ukraine and asked for Russia to intervene.
© RIA Novosti . Taras Litvinenko / Go to the mediabankPolice forces appeared to be having trouble controlling the crowd outside the Crimean Supreme Council, the regional parliament.
Police forces appeared to be having trouble controlling the crowd outside the Crimean Supreme Council, the regional parliament.