21.   It is the fifth time in three years that the autonomous Crimean parliament has voted to bring down the government of the peninsula.

22.   A spokeswoman for the Crimean parliament denied initial reports that the troops had surrounded the parliament building.

23.   All conscripts in Crimea must fulfill their military service within the peninsula, according to a bill adopted Friday by the Crimean parliament, Interfax reported.

24.   But the Crimean parliament reacted by voting to confirm Kuznetsov as Crimean interior minister and appointing its own candidate as security minister.

25.   But the Crimean parliament reacted by voting to name Kuznetsov as Crimean interior minister and appointing its own candidate as security minister.

26.   Crimea and Ukraine have been locked in a political crisis since Friday when the Crimean parliament revived a constitution tantamount to a declaration of independence from Kiev.

27.   Crimea and Ukraine have been locked in a political crisis since Friday when the Crimean parliament revived a constitution tantamount to a declaration of independence.

28.   Deputies from the dissolved Crimean parliament Monday took over a local television station in Simferopol, capital of the southern Ukrainian region.

29.   During its vote on Friday, the Ukrainian parliament also annulled a series of laws passed by the Crimean parliament, including one calling for local elections.

30.   The pro-Russian Crimean parliament has been in a standoff since last month with the Ukrainian government.