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Russian Cossacks Take Foothold in Crimea Mar 16, 2014 - 09:00 pm 1 Pascal Dumont 2 Pascal Dumont 3 Pascal Dumont 4 Pascal Dumont 5 Pascal Dumont 6 Pascal Dumont 7 Pascal Dumont 8 Pascal Dumont 9 Pascal Dumont A group of Russian Cossacks from the Krasnodar region is defending government buildings in Crimea’s capital Simferopol against what they call the Nazi threat coming from the West of Ukraine.