Author(s): Dan Alexe
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Two independence-seeking regions in eastern Ukraine held “presidential and parliamentary elections” on Sunday amid criticism from Kiev and the West.
The Central Election Commission in Donetsk has announced the preliminary results. Facing no real opposition in so-called “presidential elections,” Aleksandr Zakharchenko was set to be declared the winner in Donetsk and Igor Plotnitsky in Luhansk.
Zakharchenko and Plotnitsky took 81 and 63 % of the vote, respectively, according to rebel election officials. …read more
Source: New Europe
