"It is such a momentous day today. We want to say that we are very proud of our president, Vladimir Putin, because what we have heard from him just now - all these years we could not even dream to hear that."
A very different scene in Kiev, where they remember the dozens killed in late February in Ukraine's worst violence since Soviet times.
"Vladimir Putin turned out to be a simple swindler, a dodger. Having approved the referendum under the barrels of guns. I think that he shamed himself before the whole world. I think that the whole world will end relations with him."
Despite strongly worded condemnations, Western nations have b
