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Russia says it respects east Ukrainian people’s will expressed in elections
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said late Sunday that Moscow respects the expression of the will of people in southeastern Ukraine to vote by election for regional leaders and legislative bodies. …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatists vote in controversial election
DONETSK, Ukraine: Separatists in eastern Ukraine voted yesterday in controversial, Russian-backed leadership elections that Kiev and the West have refused to recognise and which threatened to deepen an international crisis over the conflict.The elections in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic –...
EU calls east Ukraine vote obstacle to peace, won't recognise it
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An election of separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine is an obstacle to peace and the European Union will not recognise it, the EU’s new foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rattled by Russia troop movements as separatists vote
Separatists in eastern Ukraine held elections Sunday as claims of “intensive” troop movements crossing the Russian border cast new doubts over a truce. The vote in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic was condemned by Kiev and the West, but backed by Russia, billed as bringing a degree of...
Ukraine rebel leader on course to win poll ‘farce’
The leadership of Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels is on course to secure a crushing victory at Sunday’s controversial election that Kiev branded a “farce” and which threatened to deepen an international crisis over the conflict. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine rebel leader on course to win poll ‘farce’
Alexander Zakharchenko – prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic – was estimated to get 81 per cent of the presidential vote, according to a rebel exit poll released after the ballot ended. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebel leader on course to win poll ‘farce’
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The leadership of Ukraines pro-Russian rebels is on course to secure a crushing victory at Sundays controversial election that Kiev branded a farce and which threatened to deepen an international crisis over the conflict.Alexander Zakharchenko — prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic...
Give us recognition, Ukraine rebel voters demand
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The elections may already have been slammed as a farce by the West but those queuing to cast their ballots in east Ukraines rebel polls on Sunday insisted their voices should be heard.I hope that our votes will change something. Perhaps we will finally be recognised as a real, independent country, Tatyana, 65, said...
Kohl savages successors over euro
Berlin (AFP) – Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl has lashed out at his successors again in a new book coming out this week, blasting their policies on Russia and the euro.Just weeks after being quoted as belittling his protege Angela Merkel as having been unable to eat properly with a knife and fork when she started out in politics, Kohl...
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce”. …read more Source: The...
