Section: Africa&ME
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
By Thomas Grove Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce.” Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko won over 81 percent of the vote, according to the rebels’ exit polls of an election that has worsened a standoff between Russia...
EU denounces ‘illegal’ polls in eastern Ukraine
The EU’s foreign policy chief has said the bloc will not recognize the “illegitimate” votes in Donetsk and Lugansk. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia’s says “respects” will of Ukraine’s rebel regions
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Polling ends in Ukraine’s historic elections
Luhansk election commission chief Sergei Kozyakov said that 628,138 people voted in the region as of 8 p.m. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia recognises Ukraine separatist polls
Moscow says polls to help re-establishing normal life in the region, while EU calls the separatists elections illegal. …read more Source: AL...
EU calls east Ukraine vote obstacle to peace, won’t recognize it
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Romania votes for new president
BUCHAREST: Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta looked set to win the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, despite fears he could reverse reforms aimed at tackling the rampant corruption that blights one of Europe’s poorest countries. The vote is seen as a crucial test for the former communist country, at a time when...
Ukraine separatists vote in election
DONETSK: Two pro-Russian separatists are set to be confirmed as leaders in controversial elections in eastern Ukraine on Sunday – one a rebel chief who highlights his status as a miner’s son and the other a fan of Communist icon Vladimir Lenin. Alexander Zakharchenko, who commands rebels fighting Ukrainian government forces in the...
Pro-Russian rebels elect leadership in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine President Poroshenko calls vote ‘a farce’; U.S., EU denounce elections as illegitimate, but Russia has said it would recognize results. …read more Source:...
Ukraine President: separatist elections ‘brutally violate agreements’
President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, underlined that “all elections on Ukrainian territory, in which Ukrainian citizens vote, should be held solely within the boundaries of the Ukrainian constitution”. …read more Source: Anadolu...
