1. But Crimean lawmakers insist their constitution is still valid, and President Yuri Meshkov stubbornly refuses to relinquish his post. 2. Defiant Crimean lawmakers responded by scheduling a referendum asking voters if they back the constitution. 3. However, he urged Crimean lawmakers to rescind the resolutions themselves. 4. In a further sign of rising tensions, police briefly blocked Crimean lawmakers from entering their building after a bomb threat. 5. Crimean lawmakers meanwhile voted to grant Kuznetsov full powers as interior ministry to ward off the threat of a takeover by interior ministry forces from Kiev. |
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