. "Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Crimea" . "11 March 2014" . . . "seceded" . . . . . . . "2014" . "issued a letter of intent" . "formalizing it jointly" . . "unilaterally declared their independence from Ukraine" . "declaration of independence" . "declares independence" . . "independence of the ''Republic of Crimea''" . "declared independence" . "state that had just declared independence from Ukraine" . . "Crimea-style referendum" . "Crimea's independence" . . "the independence of Crimea" . "Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Crimea" .