At the Center of the Crisis in Crimea, All Is Oddly Quiet

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SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Over the epicenter of the biggest geopolitical crisis the world has seen in a while, a strange silence hangs in the air after a weekend of pop-up protests in the city's center.

Remnants of the pro-Russia demonstrations are still around Crimea's capital, Simferopol. Men in unmarked uniforms guard streets, and buildings with machine guns and bands of men with orange and black ribbons have taken to moving about the city in clumps. A Russian flag still hangs over the Crimean Parliament building.

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Inside of the local administration building in Simferopol — a five-minute jaunt from the Parliament building — a group of three guards sit near around while a few people mill about in suits Read more...

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