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The world waits for Crimeans to go to the polls.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Today, the White House and all of Washington are embracing Ukraine's interim prime minister

chosen by revolutionaries who overturned an elected government.

Russia's Vladimir Putin insists Ukraine's new leaders aren't legitimate and he's encouraging

the Crimean region to break away with a vote this coming Sunday.

Arguments about self-determination and national sovereignty are being used by each side in its own interest.

Can Putin be isolated by the U.S. and Europe is it too late for him to turn back?

With the looming deadline of Sunday's vote is some compromise possible.

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Program Fund. Hello again, Warren Al-Nalibak with To the Point. As Crimeans prepare for a possible

breakaway vote this coming Sunday, the G7 nations have essentially told Russia to keep hands

off of Ukraine.

Meantime that country's new prime minister, interim prime minister, is visiting Washington,

is a compromise possible? We'll talk about that. Today's talking point, Louisiana's longest

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