Armed men broke into the government building and parliament in the Crimea on Thursday and proceeded to run up the Russian flag. The new Ukrainian government in Kiev  begged Russia to keep its troops in the Crimea out of the civil conflict: Reuters: "I am appealing to the military leadership of the Russian Black Sea fleet," said Olexander Turchinov, acting president since the removal of Viktor Yanukovich last weekend. "Any military movements, the more so if they are with weapons, beyond the boundaries of this territory (the base) will be seen by us as military aggression," he said. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry also summoned Russia's acting envoy in Kiev for immediate consultations. Crimea, the only Ukrainian region with an ethnic Russian majority, is the last big bastion of opposition to the new leadership in Kiev following Yanukovich's ouster and provides a base there for the Russian Black Sea fleet. The new twist in three...(Read Full Post)