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Crimean government asks Russia for help

2014-02-07 13 Dailymotion

In Ukraine's autonomous republic of Crimea, old wounds have been exposed by the continuing anti-government protests in Kiev.



It's leading to a growing polarisation of the communities that share the peninsula in the south of the Ukraine -- divisions that date back hundreds of years.



As David Chater reports, the Crimean parliament has called on Russia to help end the crisis.