From Kosovo to Kiev:

Therefore, Westernizers lost their battle, but not to ideologies of the hard-line orientation. ... Luhansk, and Crimea, vowed to pursue greater autonomy from Kiev, and Russia’s nationalist State Duma members and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov visited eastern Ukraine to express their support for Yanukovich and for regional autonomy. Such autonomy ... ................
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