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俄总理率团访问克里米亚讨论当地发展问题 Russian PM Medvedev in Crimea to Talk About Its 'Development'

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俄罗斯总理梅德韦杰夫在克里米亚访问，他是俄罗斯3月早些时候吞并乌克兰的克里米亚之后去当地访问的最高级的俄罗斯官员。
 
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is in Crimea - the most senior Russian to visit the region since Russia seized it from Ukraine earlier this month.

Mr. Medvedev says he is leading a delegation of Russian officials for a meeting on what he calls the "development" of the peninsula.

The prime minister says Russia will create a special economic zone in Crimea, offering incentives for business with lower taxes and simpler rules. Mr. Medvedev also promised to boost salaries and pensions in Crimea.

His meeting Monday comes a day after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded Russia pull back thousands of its troops massed along the eastern and southern Ukrainian border.

Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris Sunday that the troops are creating a "climate of fear" in Ukraine and that their presence does nothing for diplomacy.