Joe Biden on Crimea Annexation: Russia Is ‘Alone, Naked’ Before the World

‘The world has seen through Russia’s action and its flawed logic’

Biden Denounces Crimean Annexation: Russia ‘Stands Naked’ Before the World (Business Insider)

In the Obama administration's first comments after Russia took control of Crimea early Tuesday morning, Vice President Joe Biden said Russia's recent actions in Ukraine had left it "alone" and "naked" in front of the rest of the world.

Speaking at a press conference in Poland with Prime MinisterDonald Tusk, Biden said Russia isolated itself through its veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the recent Crimean resolution to secede from Ukraine as illegitimate.

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