“We’re making it clear that there are consequences for their actions,” president Barak Obama announced in the White House after the massive vote in Crimea to separate themselves from the Ukraine and join Russian officials. Although the citizen’s vote is an announcement that Crimea is now known as an individual state, Obama states that the U.S. will not recognize the change. He’s since announced expanded sanctions to “increase the costs” on those responsible for the stand-off as well as banned certain Moscow individuals from entering the states. Check out the jump for more details.