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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Crimea moves clocks forward two hours to switch to Moscow time to mark Russia's takeover Saturday March 29,2014

Crimea moved their clocks two hours forward on Saturday night March 29,2014


Crimea has moved the clocks forward two hours instead of one in order to change to Moscow time, despite a U.N. vote this week declaring the region's referendum to join Russia invalid.



The Ukrainian Resolution on Thursday March 27,2014 declaring the Crimean referendum invalid was backed by 100 U.N. states, with just 11 voting against and 58 abstentions. Another 24 U.N. member states did not cast votes.




The move, which took place on saturday March 29,2014 at midnight Moscow time - 8pm GMT - means the Ukrainian peninsula is no longer on the same time as the capital Kiev.



The Russian flag was flying high over the House of Officers of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, where the peninsula’s Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov oversaw the time switch.


Symbolically sealing Russia's takeover of the formerly Ukrainian peninsula, a ceremony was held to move the clocks two hours forward at the railway station in the main city of Simferopol.

Prime Minister Aksyonov oversaw the switch at 10pm to applause from hundreds of supporters who waved Russian flags and shouted ‘Russia’.

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