Moscow (AFP) – Russia announced Tuesday it will recognise separatist polls in Ukraine next weekend, fuelling tensions with the countrys newly elected pro-Western leaders as they negotiate on forming a coalition government.The rebel elections on Sunday should go ahead as agreed, and Russia will recognise the results, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Izvestia daily.Moscow rejects accusations in Kiev and Western capitals that it is behind the armed uprising in Ukraines industrial heartland in which some 3,700 people have been killed since April.However, the decision to lend legitimacy to the rebels leadership vote was one of most overt acts of …read more
Source: Dunya TV
