KIEV: Ukraine ratcheted up its standoff with the Kremlin on Tuesday by threatening to nationalise Russian property in response to Crimea's claims to its own assets in the breakaway Black Sea peninsula.

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a treaty making Crimea part of Russia following the flashpoint region's overwhelming vote in favour of a break from Ukraine and return to Kremlin rule.

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