Tens of thousands have
joined a rally in the Russian capital Moscow to oppose its intervention
in Ukraine, a day before Crimeans vote on whether to secede and join
Russia.
Holding Russian and Ukrainian flags, they shouted: "The occupation of Crimea is Russia's disgrace." A smaller pro-Moscow rally was being held elsewhere.
Moscow supports the vote, which Ukraine and the West have dismissed as illegal. Kiev says Russian "provocateurs" are behind clashes in eastern Ukraine.
Russia's military intervention in the Crimean peninsula -
part of Russia until 1954 and host to its Black Sea fleet - followed the
fall of Ukraine's pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych on 22
February.
Read more: BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Moscow rally opposes Crimea intervention
Holding Russian and Ukrainian flags, they shouted: "The occupation of Crimea is Russia's disgrace." A smaller pro-Moscow rally was being held elsewhere.
Moscow supports the vote, which Ukraine and the West have dismissed as illegal. Kiev says Russian "provocateurs" are behind clashes in eastern Ukraine.
Three people have died in pro- and anti-Moscow rallies in the cities of Donetsk and Kharkiv with sides blaming each other.
Read more: BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Moscow rally opposes Crimea intervention
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