Crimea to vote next week on whether to join Russia

Crimean authorities said they will hold a referendum
on March 16 on whether the Ukrainian region should join the Russian
Federation, dpa reported
The referendum is being brought forward from March 30, the region's
deputy prime minister, Rustam Temirgaliyev, told reporters in
Simferopol, according to Russian news agencies.
He said voters will have two options: Either to vote for Crimea
becoming part of the Russian Federation, or to vote for the return of
the region's 1992 constitution, which laid down Crimea as an
autonomous region within Ukraine.