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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Russia will face escalating EU sanctions if it does not take steps to ease the crisis over Crimea.
Mrs Merkel told German MPs that the current political situation also meant the G8 effectively no longer existed.
EU leaders are meeting in Brussels shortly to discuss their response to Russia's intervention in the peninsula.
Tensions remain high in Crimea after its leaders signed a deal with Moscow to split from Ukraine and join Russia.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26659578
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Crimean leaders signed a treaty with Moscow on Tuesday to absorb the peninsula - an autonomous republic in southern Ukraine - into Russia, following a referendum which the West and Kiev say was illegal.
The treaty has now been approved by Russia's lower house of parliament - the Duma - and is expected to be ratified by the upper house on Friday.
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The treaty's almost done and dusted while the west is still deciding what to have for lunch during their various meetings...