russia lost sevastrepol to the french. the struggle runs to the economic as well as the military. what happens now that crimea has declared itself free of ukraine. this is on "inside story." phil ittner is in kiev and jennifer glass is in sevat erpol in crimea. you're in what some people consider the world's newest country or renegade province. what signs are there that something new is going on after the vote? >> well, you know, it's been an exciting two days here. where the people have been out on the streets. they were celebrating yesterday even before the polls closed. they were literally dancing in the streets, flying the russian flag, when you got up yesterday morning the polls were jammed on sunday morning. it's been a jubilant mood. we've had fireworks along with the signing of the legislation. the parliament was up early declaring independence, a breakaway from ukraine and basically sign, seal, and deliver what the referendum had already decided yet. >> is this to your--is this a sign of short transition before some sort of closer union with russia, or are there people wh

we've had celebrations in seva sevastrepol. they were hoping that president putin would do this quickly. i don't think it's as quickly as it has. they moved very quickly to declare independence to separate themselves from ukraine, and to ask to become part of rush. tomorrow president putin addresses the russian parliament. we don't know what he's going say, but he's going talk about crimea. the people here are hoping that--that rush will accept crimea's request to be part of the russian federation. that's what everyone voted for on sunday. it happened very quickly, less than 24 hours after the polls closed. they've declared independence. the russian flag is already flying here and this city declared itself part of russia last week. >> jennifer, how are people in crimea reacting to the news of sanctions and travel bans? >> those sanctions were widespread. here's what they had to say. >> these measures on asset freeze and travel bans on individuals, particularly these are individuals not just in crimea, but in russia as well, inc