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Defiant Putin declares Crimea has always been part of Russia

Season 2014 Episode 770 | 4m 33s

Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia with a stroke of his pen. The Russian president delivered an emotional address to his parliament on the annexation of that peninsula before endorsing the formal treaty. Margaret Warner reports on reaction from the Ukrainian government and new condemnation from the West.

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